FOLDING LEAF FAN
Creator(s): Casa de Diego (Maker)
Currently in storage
About this object
Folded leaf consisting of wooden sticks and guards painted black with yellow flowers and lacquered on the obverse and left natural on the reverse and at the head of the fan. Many of the sticks also feature cut outs near the top. Above the sticks is a narrow black cotton leaf painted with white flowers on the obverse and left blank on the reverse. The pivot at the head of the fan is a small piece of metal bent over on itself to act as a stop.
- Object name:
- FOLDING LEAF FAN
- Made from:
- wood --lacquer --paint --cotton --metal
- Made in:
- Spain
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 9 1/2” H x 16 1/4” W
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2014.3.11
- Signature marks:
- LABEL Casa de Diego/Madrid back sticks with gold adhesive label
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973