Fan
- Object Name:
- Fan
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.173
- Date:
- 1850-1860
- Description:
- Folding fan, early. White pleated paper leaf on pierced ivory sticks. Painted silver scrollwork encircling colored lithographic scene of two ladies being presented a bird by a young man. One guard stick has an oval mirror in metal frame at top end.
- Material:
- Paper
Skeletal - Dimensions:
- H-9.5 W-17 D-0.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951) and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
- Subjects:
- Fans (Accessories)
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