Fan
Tiffany & Co.
late 19th century
Medium
silk, ivory, metal
Classification
Fan
Culture
American
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. William Floyd Nichols and Mrs. B. Langdon Tyler, 1975
Accession Number
1975.248.27
Tags
MenWomen
About the Artist
Tiffany & Co. · 1837–present
Tiffany & Co., founded on September 18, 1837, by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City as a stationery and fancy goods store, quickly evolved into a premier American house for jewelry and decorative arts. Under Charles's leadership, the firm introduced innovations like the sterling silver standard in 1851 and the iconic six-prong Tiffany Setting engagement ring in 1886, establis...