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Folding Hand Fan

Date1800s
Terms
  • Fans
  • Brass
  • Sequins
  • Silk Fiber
  • Ivory
  • Paint
  • Paris
Dimensions20.31 cm (8 in.)
MarkingsNote: "M.A.B. Fan bought at the Caledonian Market of British Relief - 1943 - Concord, Massachusetts".
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles F. Bowers (1963)
Object numberPER1159.2
DescriptionOiled silk; ivory sticks painted by hand with pink and blue; brass rings; mount hand painted with gold, gold sequins, pink roses, blue flowers. Original box: "Fabrique D'Eventails, 56 Avenue de L'Opera, Paris."
Collections
  • Historic Clothing