On View
Not on viewHand Screen
Date1800s ?
Terms
- Fans
- Silk Fiber
- Wood
- Paint
Dimensions31.75 × 20.32 cm (12 1/2 × 8 in.)
Credit LineHand Screen, 19th century. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Miss Mildred Sawyer; Per104.
Object numberPER104
DescriptionA flat, hand fan compsed of a painted silk mount attached to a wooden handle. The silk is black, painted with white roses, green leaves and a butterfly. The silke is stretched on a metal frame in a roughly lozenge shape and attached to a turned and gilded wooden handle with two wing nut screws.
Collections
- Historic Clothing
