Fan with Monogram of Cantacuzene Family

Belgium, Brussels

Date

1899

Medium

Cotton, mixed lace: bobbin part lace of a type known as "Duchesse" with insets of needle lace of a type known as "Point de Gaze"; with tortoise shell guards and clasp embellished with gem stones

Dimensions

28.3 × 53.5 cm (11 1/8 × 21 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Princess Cantacuzene in memory of Bertha Honoré Palmer