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Folding Hand Fan

Dateca. 1900
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, about 1900. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mrs. Joanna Ballou Savery; 1995.20.16.
Object number1995.20.16
DescriptionBamboo and paper folding fan. The fan features plain, bamboo sticks and a pleated paper leaf. The leaf is beige and embellished with painted white and yellow daisys and printed images of R.W. Emerson's home and the home of the Alcotts (Orchard House). Blue (grey) string used as a decorative element on the exterior guard sticks. Brass ring.
Collections
  • Historic Clothing