| Accession Nr.: | 66.59.6 |
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| Place of production: | Budapest (presumably); |
| Materials: | imitation tortoiseshell celluloid; marabou feather; silk cord |
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| Dimensions: |
height: 40 cm
width: 60 cm
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The light-grey feathers, dark at their upper ends, are mounted on dark-brown sticks. Mrs. Geza Bernath, wife of the vice-president of Hungary's High Court of Justice, carried this fan as part of her Hungarian gala attire at the coronation of King Charles IV of Hungary in 1916.
Literature
- Maros Donka Szilvia: Bájos semmiségek. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum legyezőgyűjteménye (1700-1920). Balassi Kiadó - Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2002. - Nr. 215.
