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Brise' Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1869

GUSN

GUSN-7495

Description

Carved and pierced ivory sticks; handle with cream silk tassel; scalloped paper leaves of blue and white with silvered embossed floral motif.

Details

Descriptive Terms

brisé fans
accessories
carving (processes)
embossing
ivory (tooth component)
paper (fiber product)
piercing
scalloping
Unidentified Paper
Vegetable Ivory
Carved
Pierced
Embossed
Scalloped
FAN

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1988.513

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