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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Fan
Object Number
1922-33-1
Description
Fan with white ivory sticks with carved design at top and bottom of each stretcher of a cluster of four dots. Stretchers joined at bottom by mother of pearl button and sivler handle with silk cord and tassel with silver bangles and glass beads. Stretchers each have individual piece of silk attached, rounded at top with shaped sides. Each piece of silk painted with different color and style of flower on front side. Back side left unpainted.
Comment
Ivory sticks painted by Mary D. Van Winkle for Lucretia Deming Perkins as a wedding gift in 1864 and returned to Mary Van Winkle by Lucretia's daughter Mary Perkin's Quincy on December 25, 1915
Category
Maker
Date Made
1864
Dimensions
8" long
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
