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Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-25399

Description

Black metal ring handle w/ pressed and carved black wood stays covered w/ sheer black gauze decorated w/ a variety of shiny black sequins.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
metal
net (textile)
sequins (spangles)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Metal
Net
Sequins
FAN

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.570

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