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Fringed fan, to be used as a ball program, of wood with a copper fan ring to which a silk cord with a pencil in a nickel holder is attached
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Brisé fan, to be used as a ball program, made of wood with a copper fan ring to which a silk cord with a pencil in a nickel holder is attached. Model: consisting of 17 sticks of plain wood and two closing sticks of lacquered wood. Fan ribbon in the same pink-beige color as the sticks. Closing ring of mother-of-pearl. Twisted silk cord with tassel and ring to wear the fan on one of the fingers while dancing. Tassel with a wooden core around which silk thread is stretched, ending in a bunch of twisted silk threads. Nickel holder from which the pencil emerges with a turning motion. Inscriptions and signatures on the back.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBrisé waaier, te gebruiken als balboekje, van hout met koperen waaierring waaraan een zijden koord met potlood in nikkelen houder. in or before 1907. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.