Name/Title
Black silk fan with hand-painted geranium leaves, c. 1890Entry/Object ID
1985.35.1Description
Acc. No. 85.35.1
Subject Category: Fashion accessories
Date or period: Circa-1890
Object: Fan
Description: Black silk fan decorated with hand painted geranium leaves. Fan stays accentuated with incised patterns which are gilded.
Size: L-13 x W-26 (opened) inches.
History of Object:
Fan of Harriet Holmes Haslett (Mrs. Samuel M.), mother of the donor, and a member of an old-time Alameda family. The Hasletts settled here in the 1870's.
Acquired from: Doris H. Goodman
Date: 9-18-85