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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1780-1790

GUSN

GUSN-45493

Description

Dark brown wooden sticks and guards; printed brown paper leaf with gilt dots, stars and stylized flowers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
gilding
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
dots
stars
Unidentified Paper
Gilded
Dot
Star
FAN

Inscription

Glued label inside guard on leaf, white paper with black numbers: ""129"".

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1953.M9

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