Fan

Description

Folding fan with sticks and guards of carved and pierced mother-of-pearl, and leaf of white Brussels lace with a central motif and two side motifs in needle lace set in bobbin lace surround, the design floral, wedding fan of the donor's mother, part of the Richmond Inglis Collection: 1891

Museum reference

A.1996.374 A

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Fan

Production information

Unknown
Unknown

Date

1891

Materials

Lace, Mother of pearl

Physical description

Mother-of-pearl, carved and pierced; white lace

Associations

Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection
Brussels, Belgium, Western Europe

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