Fan

Object/Artifact

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Saco Museum

Fan

Fan

Name/Title

Fan

Entry/Object ID

2012.4.8

Description

Folding, pleated advertising fan made of paper cut in fantange shape, sticks and guard plain unfinished wood, metal button, metal rivet, no loop or tassel. Decoration of leaf (recto): Paper printed with deep yellow ink background, crossed by the suggestion of a fence in brown and gray, atop which sits an urn of flowers. A cockatoo watches from its hanging circular perch. A white sun in the sky. Stems of yellow stylized flowers hanging from the top edge of the fan. Hand painted. Signature "J. Sanne Paris." Decoration of leaf (verso): Beige paper printed with the words "Champagne ... Pol Roger & Co. ... Epernay"

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920

Dimensions

Width

11-1/2 in

Depth

4-3/4 in

Length

6-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Depth of leaf 4.74 - 6.5 inches

Material

Paper, Wood, Metal