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FAN

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-897

Description

Paper leaf painted in watercolors; on left - pansies in blue, red, orange & green, on right - gondola scene in yellow, brown & blue; bamboo sticks & guards; metal rivet & ring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
bamboo (material)
floral patterns
gondolas (flat-bottomed watercraft)
pastoral
Women's personal gear
Unidentified Paper
Bamboo
Watercolor
Painted
Floral
Classical Figure
Gondola
Pastoral
FAN

Inscription

2 illegible marks written in ink - on left guard & on lower right hand corner of leaf.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6924

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