GUSN-907
Medallion-style paper leaf with outdoor scene in oval medallion in purple, yellow, green & blue watercolors; body trimmed with foliate borders in yellow & green; yellow swags & ribbons on either side of oval; labeled "JARDINS DE LOUVRE" ; bamboo sticks & guards painted brown; metal rivet & ring with shell washers. . 2 is box.
fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
bamboo (material)
borders (ornament areas)
foliation (pattern)
pastoral
ribbon (material)
swags
Women's personal gear
Unidentified Paper
Bamboo
Watercolor
Painted
Pastoral
Foliate Border
Swag
Ribbon
Medallion
Pastoral
FAN
1. Printed in ink on lower right side of oval: ""Popry"" 2. Paper label inside box cover: in script ""Creusy/48, Rue Meslay/Paris""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Creusy, E. (Maker)
Paris, France
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6930.1-2
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