Object details
Object number
U18e117
Creator(s)
Duvelleroy
(established Paris, 1827)
Title
Brisé Fan: Rooster of France
Date
1915
Medium
Opaque watercolor on wood with ribbon binding
Dimensions
16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
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]
Provenance
Gift from the American politician and diplomat Abram Piatt Andrew (1873-1936) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, June 1915.
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.
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)
Gallery
Little Salon
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