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Folding fan with leaf of cream-colored silk with gold-colored flowers, mount of ivory (?)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Folding fan with leaf of cream-colored silk with gold-colored vines in a symmetrical motif; against the top edge, in the form of linked ovals with rosettes in the center of the vines, vines regularly scattered over the rest of the leaf, top edge of the leaf of silver paper. The mount has 18 connected ribs, is of ivory (?) and is unadorned. Locking pin of copper with a ring of mother-of-pearl.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineVouwwaaier met blad van cremekleurige zijde met goudkleurige lovers, montuur van ivoor (?). c. 1800 - c. 1849. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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