Fan
Trade fans such as this were a result of the profound commercial and social changes set in motion by the Industrial Revolution. They were given away to customers for promotional purposes. Like magazine ads of the time, the fans were instructive as a document of costume and social history. In this example produced by Kohn & Adler, a Philadelphia hat manufacturer, the image not only depicts various styles of hats in the company's stock in 1880 but also supplies the names given to each one. Some of the names bear references to operas.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fan
- Designer: Donaldson Brothers (American, New York)
- Department Store: Kohn, Adler & Company
- Date: 1880
- Culture: American
- Medium: wood, paper, metal
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Designated Purchase Fund, 1993
- Object Number: 2009.300.2237
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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