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1890s
GUSN-36346
Folding fan; finely pierced and combed ivory sticks and guards with three medallions; leaf of chicken skin and painted scene of two men and two women in 18th century costume.
fans (costume accessories)
accessories
skin (collagenous material)
ivory (tooth component)
painting (coating)
piercing
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand
Handwritten at bottom left of scene: (signature:) ""FORTUNIO"".
Fortunio (Painter)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1933.2123
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