Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Wood and paper folding fan w/ 11 black painted slats held at base w/ iron wire. Slats w/ gold painted swirls and pink dots; one outside slat w/ mirror. One side printed w/ men and women in 18th c. dress, other painted w/ gold flowers on a black background.
fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
glass (material)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
white metal
wood (plant material)
collecting
floral patterns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
women (female humans)
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Unidentified Metal
Carved
Painted
Transfer Printed
Floral
Man
Woman
Collecting
FAN
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
10.75 x 18 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5374
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
