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Fan with box

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-901

Description

. 1 is fan with white paper leaf with 3 outdoor scenes framed by lattice in green, yellow, red & brown, labeled "5+ VALERY-en-CAUX"; bamboo sticks & guards painted brown; metal rivet & ring. . 2 is original box.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
bamboo (material)
Women's personal gear
Unidentified Paper
Bamboo
Watercolor
Landscape
FAN

Inscription

1. Written in ink on lower right corner of leaf: ""Voury"". 2. Paper label, printed in brown, inside box cover: ""Creusy/48, Rue Mesley/Paris"" (in script)

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Creusy, E. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5443.1-2

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