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Folding Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890s

GUSN

GUSN-29424

Description

Folding fan; wooden guards and sticks; guards and leaf covered with paisley printed velvet; leaf backed with dark red silk; metal loop; mother of pearl rivets.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
printing (process)
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
wood (plant material)
paisley
Silk
Velvet
Transfer Printed
Paisley
FAN

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1922.174

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