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1780-1789
GUSN-50468
Narrow black lacquered wooden sticks painted with gilt flowers; guard sticks carved with female figure; cream silk leaf painted with scene of woman playing guitar, man seated with book, with large potted plant in between; birds on sides; gold edge and c-scrolls; pink floral spray painted on reverse.
fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
lacquering
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
guitars
music
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Silk
Lacquered
Painted
Woman
Guitar
Sheet Music
Carved
FAN
Used At Jethro Coffin House,
Unknown
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.518
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