Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1900-1912
GUSN-53573
"Spanish": Black lacquered wooden sticks and guards, carved and painted silver; painted paper satin-finish leaf; bright blue background with figures and bullfighting scenes in yellow, blue, brown and red, with glued-on sparkles; reverse is plain red; metal ring with orange satin bow.
fans (equipment)
accessories
lacquering
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
satin
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
souvenirs
Unidentified Paper
Silk
Satin
Painted
Lacquered
Bullfighting
Souvenir
FAN
Unknown
Gift of Miss Helen Pettes
1943.564
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
