Fan
- Object Name:
- Fan
- Object ID:
- 1969.006.179
- Place of Origin:
- France
- Description:
- Domino sheet. Paper fan leaf printed in colors shading from orange, white, dusky pink, and blue, and block-printed in black arch and swag, and diamonds and scrolls in orange. Mounted on cardboard and covered with plastic. Taped edges.
- Material:
- Paper
Cardboard
Plastic - Dimensions:
- H-8.7 W-17.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Accompanied by a typescript label: "Domino Sheet: A paper on which the tracing designs or figures are first printed with clumsy wooden blocks. The colors were put on afterwards by means of a patron or stencil. In France, the wood engravers and the colorists of these printed sheets were known as 'dominotiers' and this bright papers as 'dominos'. These 'dominos' were used for wallpapers, fans, song sheets, illustrated bits of history and bright papers for lining boxes." See also 1969.006.176-177.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Helen Dadmun Doble
- People:
- Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)
- Subjects:
- Fans (Accessories)
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