Fan
- Object Name:
- Fan
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.179
- Description:
- Folding fan. Feathers and ivory. Large white pleated silk and white feather leaf on ivory sticks. Sticks carved in a design of four parallel lines of grillwork. Ivory loop.
- Material:
- Tissue
Feather
Textile
Silk
Skeletal
Ivory - Dimensions:
- H-14 W-23 D-2.8 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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