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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-27238

Description

Blue folding fan, opens to form circle. Ivory guards, carved and turned ivory handle with acanthus leaf terminal; blue silk tassel; two ivory buttons at center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
ivory (tooth component)
turning (shaping process)
textiles
acanthus (motif)
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1914.134

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