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Wood stays of frame covered in brown leather w/ gold trim. Brown silk fan decorated w/ scene of man wearing white wig and kissing a woman's hand. Painted in gray. Brass ring at base. Silk cord handle w/ tassel.
fans (equipment)
accessories
brass (alloy)
leather
satin
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
women (female humans)
Satin
Leather
Brass
Man
Woman
FAN
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
11.75 x 18.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.152
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