Fan

Object/Artifact

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Saco Museum

Fan

Fan

Name/Title

Fan

Entry/Object ID

1979.8.8

Description

Folding pleated double fan with paper, cream colored leaf, painted wood sticks and guards, bone button, metal rivet and loop, no tassel. Decoration of leaf (recto): Gold metallic paper witha wide cream-colored ornamental band, which contains two couples in 1820s costume, on either side of a large urn of flowers. The left is a profile of a woman, to the right a profile of a man. Leaf interspersed with silver sequins. The sticks and guards are painted gold in an arabesque pattern.

Dimensions

Width

15-1/2 in

Depth

4 in

Length

8-1/4 in

Material

Paper, Wood, Bone, Metal