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Fan
Black paper fan with painted flowers and wooden guards and sticks.
Paper is adhered to wood. Paper has embossed moiré effect; front is hand-painted with purple and white flowers, silver and grey paint also used, silver painted line along top edge.
Front of sticks painted with design in thin silver lines on white ground. Guards painted black. Sticks and guards are joined together with dome-headed iron pin . A hoop for suspension is attached to either side of pin: it is made of a narrow strip of brass.
23 sticks and 2 guards
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
65.184.352
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
length (cm):overall: 21.8
width (cm):guards: 0.7 (bottom) - 1.1 (top)
width (cm):fan when folded: 2.9
width (cm):fabric (upper to lower edge): 12
width (cm):sticks: 0.6
width (cm):fully extended (side to side): 39
width (cm):brass hoop: 0.1
head
(pin): 0.45
Techniques
painted
Material
wood
paper
paint
steel
brass
Location
In store
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