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Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1780-1790

GUSN

GUSN-7340

Description

Dark brown wooden sticks and guards; discolored white paper leaf with center medallion, printed then hand painted theatrical scene; urns with stylized flowers and curtains on either side of medallion; stylized blue flower stencilled border; on reverse leaf a typed French song with six choruses titled "Le Verrou Air=du Vaudeville de Figaro."

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
wood (plant material)
theater (discipline)
Unidentified Paper
Transfer Printed
Painted
Theater
FAN

Inscription

Typewritten on reverse leaf, in French: song titled ""Le Verrou Air: du Vaudeville de Figaro"" with six choruses.

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1917.962

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