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Collection Type

Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-906

Description

Black silk gauze leaf with gold & silver sequins in swag patterns; ebonized sandalwood sticks & guards pierced, painted gold & set with sequins; metal ring & rivet. . 2 is original box, covered in black silk ribbed moire.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
staining
ebony (color)
stitching
painting (coating)
piercing
sandalwood (wood)
sequins (spangles)
silk (textile)
swags
Women's personal gear
Silk
Sequins
Sandalwood
Hand Stitched
Pierced
Painted
Ebonized
Swag
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

1969.6929.1-2

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