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1880s
GUSN-29586
Black lacquered wooden sticks and guards with imprinted design of butterflies and flowers painted gold; leaf of gold satin with stylized flowers embroidered in metallic thread; back of leaf is black satin; metal loop with gold silk corded tassel wrapped with metallic thread.
fans (equipment)
accessories
lacquering
thread
metallic (color attribute)
painting (coating)
printing (process)
satin
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
Silk
Fiddle Thread
Satin
Lacquered
Transfer Printed
Painted
Butterfly
FAN
Unknown
Estate of Miss Frances Greely Stevenson
1922.684
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