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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1745-1760

GUSN

GUSN-40376

Description

Narrow ivory or bone sticks inlaid with silver; decoupe' paper leaf with punchwork ground; painted with medallions in gouache.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
découpage (image making technique)
ivory (tooth component)
paper (fiber product)
punching (surface marking technique)
silver leaf
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand

Inscription

Tag: ""1 . A . 2"".

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. L. Melano Rossi

Accession Number

1939.639

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