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Fan with box

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-905

Description

Brise sandalwood carved in lacy pattern with triangular filigree shape in center; scalloped stick ends with filigree carving, threaded with blue silk ribbon; metal rivet & ring. . 2 is original box covered in white diamond-pattern paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
sandalwood (wood)
silk (textile)
filigree
Women's personal gear
Sandalwood
Silk
Filigree
Carved
FAN

Inscription

Label, printed in gold, inside cover of box: in script ""Creusy/48 Rue Meslay/Paris""

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

1969.6928.1-2

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