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Paper fan with wooden sticks and guards, held together at bottom with metal pin over domed metal washer. Souvenir of the ascent of the Eiffel Tower. Front has been printed in pale green and brown with a view of Paris and the Eiffel Tower; reverse is pale green and has small red stamp in upper right noting the date of the visit (presumably). Upper edge, both front and back, has been painted with a thin line of gold-coloured paint.
16 sticks and one guard (left guard stick is missing)
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
67.158.2
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Length
(cm): 32.3
width (cm):narrowest and widest point of guard 0.8 - 2.5
thickness
(cm): 2.2
width (cm):(open) c. 56 (note: left guard is missing so originally, width would have been wider)
width (cm):paper leaf top to bottom: 21.4
Material
paper
wood
paint
print
metal
Location
In store
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