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Folding fan with a leaf of beige tulle decorated with ochre silk, steel and copper paillettes and sequins on a mount of golden-yellow plastic inlaid with steel and decorated with gold paint
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Folding fan with a leaf of beige tulle decorated with ochre silk, steel and copper paillettes and sequins on a mount of golden-yellow plastic inlaid with steel and decorated with gold paint

anonymous · c. 1890 - c. 1910 · inlay (process); weaving; celluloid (cellulosic); copper (metal); paint (coating); steel (alloy); glass; silk; tule

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Folding fan with a leaf of beige tulle decorated with ochre-yellow silk, steel and copper sequins, and spangles on a mount of golden-yellow plastic inlaid with steel and decorated with gold paint. The leaf is divided into three sections: at the top, a narrow straight border with flower-shaped copper sequins; below, a wide scalloped border with spangles of various sizes and colors; at the bottom, a border with flower-shaped steel sequins. The whole is edged with a machine-made lace border. The back of the leaf is undecorated. The mount has 16 connected legs and two closing legs, all decorated with inlaid steel spangles and gold-painted stacked ornaments. Closing pin of green faceted glass in a copper setting and copper eye.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
vouwwaaier
Credit lineVouwwaaier met blad van beige tule versierd met okergele zijde, stalen en koperen pailletten en lovers op een montuur van goudgele kunststof ingelegd met staal en versierd met goudverf. c. 1890 - c. 1910. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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