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Fan

Object Name:
Fan
Object ID:
1969.006.213
Date:
1840-1860
Description:
Fan. Owned by Jane Means Appleton Pierce. Purple silk leaf, two layers, decorated with paillettes. Ivory guards and sticks with carved four-petal flowers with tiny round pailettes in center. Mother-of-pearl decoration at head; metal rivet; brass wire loop. Silk detached from guard on one side. In box.
Material:
Skeletal
Textile
Metal
Silk
Ivory
Mother-of-Pearl
Brass
Dimensions:
H-9.5 W-18 inches
Credit Line:
Bequest of Helen Dadmun Doble
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