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1745-1850
GUSN-47246
Narrow ivory sticks with scalloped edges, painted with gray and black floral garland; paper leaf painted with gray and black scene of two figures (man and woman) in landscape with bridge or aquaduct in background; reverse painted with sketch hut and fence in Chinoiserie style.
fans (equipment)
accessories
ivory (tooth component)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
scalloping
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand
Unknown
Museum Accession
1965.221
1745-1850 (Possibly)
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