Fan

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Good example of a finely detailed bible narrative; serves a dual purpose of having a religious basis but also an event taking place in a very exotic land where there is opportunity to illustrate elaborate clothing, entrancing architecture and monuments of Egypt This fan is from the collection of Mary Walters Arents, wife of George Arents, one of the founders of the American Tobacco company. The Arentses also collected academic art which shares similar imagery, style and aesthetic as the fans they collected.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art