Fan
- Object Name:
- Fan
- Object ID:
- 2008.016.12
- Date:
- 1916
- Description:
- Dance card in form of a fan, with attached ribbon and pencil. Cream-colored celluloid brise fan with 12 pierced blades joined by ribbon, and two unpierced guard sticks. One guard is imprinted "Mrs. Shepard" in black script. Other guard is inscribed "New York 1916" in pencil. Names are written on two of the blades but are illegible. Pink silk ribbon tied through celluloid loop, attached to silver pencil that is decorated with scrollwork.
- Material:
- Celluloid
Metal
Silver
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-0.8 L-4.6 D-0.3 inches Weight-0.3 oz
- Provenance:
- Donated by Klaudia S. Shepard (1932-2020), wife of Henry B. Shepard Jr. (1927-2002). Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- Subjects:
- Fans (Accessories), Dance cards, Dances, Pencils
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