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Brise' Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-33301

Description

Ivory brise' fan, twenty-two sticks and two guards; all are pierced with allover scrolling motifs; sticks have remains of beige silk ribbon drawn through them at top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

brisé fans
accessories
bone (material)
piercing
scrolls (motifs)
Bone
Pierced
Scroll
FAN

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1930.434

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