Folding Hand Fan

Artist Miss Edith A. Buck

DateLate 1800s

Terms

Fans
Brass
String
Paper
Bamboo
Paint
Japan

Dimensions31.73 cm (12 1/2 in.)

MarkingsTag attached reads, "Mrs. Elliot Howard".

Credit LineHand Fan, Edith A. Buck, Japan and Concord, Ma, late 19th century. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mrs. Joanna Ballou Savery; 1995.20.14.

Object number1995.20.14

DescriptionBamboo and paper fan. Concord commemorative fan. Bamboo and paper folding fan. The fan features plain, bamboo sticks and a pleated paper leaf. The leaf is cream colored and embellished with painted white and brown flowers. The fan also features printed images of the Old Manse. Brown string used as a decorative element on the exterior. Brass ring. Brown cotton tassel. Fans .13-.16 located in a box marked "Five commemorative fans from Concord, MA 1900, 125th anniversary of battle of Concord, beginning of the revolutionary war."

1995.20.1-.197, Fan collection.

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