Fan

Description

Folding fan with carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, and single leaf painted with a scene of gods and goddesses seated at a table, part of the Richmond Inglis Collection: c. 1740 - 1750

Museum reference

A.1996.369

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Fan

Production information

Unknown
Unknown

Date

c. 1740 - 1750

Materials

Mother of pearl, Paste, Paper

Physical description

Mother-of-pearl, carved and pierced

Associations

Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection

Exhibitions

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

Credit

Given from the collection of the late M. Richmond Inglis Cochrane, the gift of his younger son through the Art Fund