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1850s
GUSN-7377
FAN (A): Horn sticks and guards, pierced, carved and inlaid with silver; courting mirror set in guard; white paper leaf set with three lithograph medallions with 18th Century figures, surrounded by blue and silver scrolls; reverse has central lithograph medallion surrounded by embossed flowers. BOX (B): Cardboard, two pieces, covered in dark green paper.
fans (costume accessories)
accessories
carving (processes)
embossing
lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves
horn (animal material)
lithography
metal
paper (fiber product)
piercing
lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves
horn (animal material)
scrolls (motifs)
Horn
Unidentified Paper
Unidentified Metal
Lithography
Embossed
Carved
Pierced
Classical Figure
Scroll
FAN & BOX
Stamped in gold on box lid: ""Marshall Field & Co / STATE / WASHINGTON / RADOLPH & WABASH / CHICAGO"".
1934.884A,B
Unknown
1934.884AB
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