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Folding Hand Fan

Date1800s
Terms
  • Fans
  • Iron
  • Silk Fiber
  • Ivory
  • Paper
  • Continental Europe
  • United States
Dimensions24.11 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Joanna Ballou Savery (1995)
Object number1995.20.3
DescriptionIvory and paper folding fan. The fan features 17 ivory sticks, pierced with a decorative vine motif. Attached to the sticks is a pleated paper leaf. On one side the leaf features light blue paper with silver painted design and a central image of 3 women, one child and a man sitting in a chair in 18th century dress. On other side: white background with silver decoration, image of 2 women and a boy riding a dog. At the base of the fan is an iron ring with pink silk tassel attached.

1995.20.1-.197, Fan collection.
Collections
  • Furniture
  • Historic Clothing