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Handle with ball-shaped finial, elaborate vase and ring; ball and ring turned shaft pierces screen in series of bobbin turnings. Octagonal paper screen bound on edges with gold tape. Front: pierced paper; Berlinwork needlepoint green and tan floral sprig. Back: figured tan and plain white paper. Handle tied with green satin bow.
fire fans
accessories
Berlin woolwork
paper (fiber product)
satin
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Satin
Berlinwork
Needlepoint
Turned
FAN
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
14.75 x 8.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.342.1
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