Fan
- Object Name:
- Fan
- Object ID:
- 1969.505 a
- Creator:
- Cilley, Elizabeth Anne (1810-1887)
- Place of Origin:
- Deerfield, NH
- Date:
- 1825
- Description:
- Screen fan. Velvet front with theorem painting of fruit. One of a pair of shield-shaped screen fans with turned wooden sticks. Screen made of wood and backed with aqua paper, bound with painted gold paper. Reverse inscribed in ink, "Painted by / Elizabeth Anne Cilley / in 1825 and given by her / to her daughter / Jane Louise Bouton".
- Material:
- Wood
Textile
Velvet
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-15.7 W-9.9 D-0.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Painted by Elizabeth Anne Cilley (1810-1887), who was born in Deerfield, NH, daughter of Horatio Gates Cilley and Sarah Jenness. She married Rev. Nathaniel Bouton (1799-1878) of Concord, NH, in 1840. Their daughter, Jane Louise Bouton (1845-1922), was born in Concord and served as president of the Concord Female Charitable Society.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Fans (Accessories), Fruit
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