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Cream celluloid folding fan w/ 16 gold and silver painted slats, outside slats w/ filigree flowers and circles. Slats held w/ brass pin and celluloid loop to hold tassel. Silk hand-painted design w/ two men and a woman in 18th c. dress in a garden on cream background.
fans (equipment)
accessories
brass (alloy)
celluloid (cellulosic)
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
collecting
floral patterns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
women (female humans)
Celluloid
Silk
Brass
Painted
Floral
Men
Woman
Collecting
FAN
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
11.75 x 20 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5385
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