Fan
Accessories
Inventory number
2018.6.11.5.AC.FA.C1830.FRDescription
Fan in the shape of flags, screen braided in "esparto" and mounted on a turned wooden handle and finished with ivory at the ends.At the beginning of the 19th century, the Empress Joséphine brought a taste for Martinique craftsmanship into French fashion. Empire fashion begins to be embellished with accessories or pieces of fabric made in coconut or banana fibers. Accessories fashion executed in esparto found a certain craze until the end of the century.
Materials
IvoryStraw
Wood
Origin
circa 1830 FranceDimensions
Length : 16 cmHeight : 35.5 cm