Photograph
No. 052 · Framed art & prints
Capiz shell wall fans, set of three
Overlapping windowpane-oyster panels in a fan, each with a brass hanging loop. Mounted as a group of three.
$180
Buy it nowAsk about this pieceThe only one we have. Once it sells it comes off the shop and stays in the archive.
- Period
- Mid 20th century, Philippines
- Measures
- Each 14 in. across
- Condition
- Two small chips to the outer edge of one fan, in shadow when hung.
- Provenance
- A private estate, Northern Virginia
History
Capiz is the windowpane oyster, thin enough to pass light and used for centuries in Philippine window panels before anyone put it on a wall for decoration. The shell trade to America peaked mid-century, which is when almost everything of this kind arrived.
Collection & delivery
Collect in person by arrangement, or have it carried in across Great Falls, McLean, Potomac, Washington DC and the surrounding areas. Anything outside that, ask — it usually can be done. How delivery works.
