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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1900-1910

GUSN

GUSN-12118

Description

Pieced and carved ebonized sandalwood sticks and guards; large; black silk chiffon leaf embroidered with insects amd floral trail in gold metallic thread and sequins; black metal rivet and ring; shell washer.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
chiffon
staining
ebony (color)
embroidering
metal
thread
metallic (color attribute)
piercing
sandalwood (wood)
sequins (spangles)
shell (animal material)
silk (textile)
meanders (patterns)
floral patterns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
insect
shell (animal material)
Sandalwood
Silk
Chiffon
Fiddle Thread
Sequins
Unidentified Metal
Shell
Carved
Pierced
Ebonized
Embroidered
Insect
Geometric Meander
FAN

Additional Identification Number

WHS 353/10

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Weston Historical Society

Accession Number

1993.357

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