ca. 1870
GUSN-31566
Folding fan with pierced and carved ivory sticks and guards and a white satin leaf painted with birds and dogwood branches on recto, plain verso. The loop is carved ivory, with a mother-of-pearl rivet.
fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
ivory (tooth component)
piercing
satin
silk (textile)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand
Used At Bartlett-Atkinson House,
Unknown
1927.1038
Newburyport (Essex county, Massachusetts)
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