1890-1900
GUSN-12120
Ebonized sandalwood guards with bamboo sticks; gold-painted foliate trail carved on sticks and guards; large black satin leaf embroidered with butterflies and scroll motif in gold metallic thread and sequins; brass rivet, washer and ring.
fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
carving (processes)
embroidering
thread
metallic (color attribute)
painting (coating)
sandalwood (wood)
satin
sequins (spangles)
silk (textile)
bamboo (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
meanders (patterns)
scrolls (motifs)
Sandalwood
Bamboo
Silk
Satin
Fiddle Thread
Sequins
Carved
Painted
Embroidered
Geometric Meander
Scroll
Butterfly
FAN
WHS 353/8
Unknown
Gift of Weston Historical Society
1993.359
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