Wooden Folding Fan

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Wooden Folding Fan

Entry/Object ID

2013.028.003.1

Description

Souvenir folding fan wooden guards, one with penciled initial LP belonging to Elizabeth "Libby" Palmer Loper, dated 1870. 14 wooden sticks with broad shoulders, each with pencil autograph or sketch attached to sticks is a 2 inch linen leaf edged in narrow green paper binding mother of pearl head, metal rivet Libby: L.D. Palmer, Jessie H. Babcock are some of the names listed; see work sheet for a complete list

Collection

Harriet Babcock Brown Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1870