Fire Fan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fire Fan

Place

England (Object made in)

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Made 1701–1725

Medium

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and wool in cross, upright Gobelins, and tent stitches; edged with silk, cotton and gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton, plain weave with patterning wefts; backed with linen, plain weave; glazed

Dimensions

30.5 × 25.8 cm (12 × 10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Needlework and Textile Guild

Reference Number

1927.880

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