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Fixed Hand Fan
Fixed Hand Fan
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Fixed Hand Fan

Date1800s (?)
Terms
  • Fans
  • Silk Fiber
  • Bamboo
Dimensions30.46 cm (12 in.)
Credit LineFIxed Hand Fan, 19th century. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Miss Mildred Kennedy; Per2150.1.
Object numberPER2150.1
DescriptionA hand fan composed of a nearly circular, silk body attached to a cylindrical wooden handle. The silk is painted with an image of red and white roses, with an edge trimmed in white silk cord, which orignially bound lace, now missing except for fragments. There is a silk cord attached to the bamboo handle as well.
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