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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1760s

GUSN

GUSN-32976

Description

Wooden sticks and guards; guards painted with gold and red and green flowers; paper decoupe leaf with hand painted Chinese man, trees, and a bird.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
découpage (image making technique)
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Decoupage
Painted
FAN

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Chester H. Arnold

Accession Number

1929.1623

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