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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870s

GUSN

GUSN-30184

Description

FAN (A): Gold lacquered wooden sticks and guards, pierced with openwork design; white satin leaf sewn with gold sequins; reverse of beige satin; carved metal ring with white silk cord and tassel. BOX (B): Cardboard, hinged, covered in white paper with gold geometric stripe.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (costume accessories)
accessories
lacquering
paper (fiber product)
piercing
satin
sequins (spangles)
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
Silk
Satin
Unidentified Paper
Sequins
Pierced
Lacquered
FAN & BOX

Additional Identification Number

1924.212A,B

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1924.212AB

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