Title: Folding fan
Object type: Fan
Date: 1760s
Culture: Austrian or German
Medium: Leaf: gouache and bronze paint on paper.
Sticks and guards: mother-of-pearl, carved, pierced and veneered, decorated with gold-and-silver-toned metal leaf.
Pivot: green paste jewel.
Dimensions: Length: 26.7 cm. (guard sticks)
Width: 45.7 cm. (open)
Classification: Fans
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Fountains, term: Men, term: Women, term: Dining, term: Banquets