Object details
Accession number
U18e117
Primary Creator
Duvelleroy
(established Paris, 1827)
Full title
Brisé Fan: Rooster of France
Creation Date
1915
Provenance
Gift from the American politician and diplomat Abram Piatt Andrew (1873-1936) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, June 1915.
Marks
Inscribed in ink (verso, last frame): To Y in America from A on the other side. June 1915. [holograph from A. Piatt Andrew to Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Affixed (inside cover of the box, U18e117.x): printed label for "Duvelleroy/ 11. Boulevard de la Madeleine/ Anciennement Passage des Panoramas/ Paris"
Inscribed in pencil (on bottom of the box, U18e117.x): "French fan from A -" [in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand]
Dimensions
16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Opaque watercolor on wood with ribbon binding
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Esther Oldham. "Mrs. Jack's Fans at Fenway Court." Spinning Wheel (May 1967), ill.
Ellen Dennis. "A Note on the Fans in the Collection." Fenway Court (1984), pp. 46, 49, fig. 2. (as French, dated 1915)
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