Folding Brisé Fan
1859
Physical Qualities
Ivory, silk, mother-of-pearl, silver
, 7 3/8 x 11 1/2 in. (18.7 x 29.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Collection of Elizabeth Hollyday, Baltimore
Object Number
2015.373
Brisé fan composed of sticks and guards of carved ivory depicting Chinese genre scenes. Sections are rounded at the top and held together with mother of pearl washer and metal rivet at the bottom. Top of sticks and guard are held in place by a narrow white silk ribbon woven through openings in the sticks about 1" down from the tip.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Anne Moss.
