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Fan

Description

Folding fan with pierced, carved and gilt ivory sticks and guards, and double leaf of chicken skin with a pen and ink drawing on obverse of a man and woman driving cattle, with goats resting to left and a man and woman with baby and dog to right, part of the Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection: c. 1770 - 1780

Museum reference

A.1996.359 A

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Fan

Production information

Unknown
Unknown

Date

c. 1770 - 1780

Materials

Ivory, Chicken skin

Physical description

Ivory, pierced, carved and gilt; chicken skin; foil, red

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

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