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Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1780-1790

GUSN

GUSN-7339

Description

Dark brown wooden sticks and guards; front blue paper leaf, printed with white, orange and black floral sprigs; center design of urn with flowers; designs on either side of pagoda with tree; back leaf: plain white with green top edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
wood (plant material)
floral patterns
Unidentified Paper
Transfer Printed
Floral
FAN

Inscription

White paper label with black number glued inside guard on leaf: ""128"".

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1917.961

Related Items

Title Fan & Box Accession Number 1946.177AB

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