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ca .1780
GUSN-36446
Narrow ivory sticks, pierced, carved, and inlaid with silver; tan silk leaf, backed with paper, painted with scene of two women (with paniers) and one man, in a landscape with cupid statue; trimmed with gold spangles and silver metallic chain stitch; plain back; guard sticks backed with yellow silk and red.
fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
embroidering
ivory (tooth component)
painting (coating)
plaster
silk (textile)
sequins (spangles)
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand
Unknown
Gift of Wickliffe Draper
1934.72
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