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Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1770s, 1840s

GUSN

GUSN-33155

Description

Mother of pearl sticks, pierced, carved and gilded; lacquered paper leaf; front of leaf is dark blue with five panels in multicolor with cherubs, pastoral and garden scenes with figures; back is black with trees and flowers in gold; metal rivet and ring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
lacquering
lithography
mother of pearl
paper (fiber product)
putti (motifs)
pastoral
Mother-of-Pearl
Unidentified Paper
Lacquered
Lithography
Classical Figure
Cherub
Pastoral
FAN

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1930.154

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