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Ivory and silk folding fan w/ 14 remaining slats held at base w/ copper pin and brass loop for holding tassel. Polychrome hand-painted and embroidered w/ spray of flowers and grasses on cream background.
fans (equipment)
accessories
brass (alloy)
carving (processes)
copper (metal)
embroidering
ivory (tooth component)
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
collecting
floral patterns
Vegetable Ivory
Silk
Brass
Copper
Carved
Painted
Embroidered
Floral
Collecting
FAN
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
10.625 x 19.125 x 0.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5383
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