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American Shaker

fan, 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

fan

Year

1800s

Medium

quill (feather); bast

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • quill feather,
  • bast

Dimensions

34.3 cm (13 1/2 inches) (length)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of Frederica Denison

Object Number

26.119

Projects & Publications

Publications

Beauty in Hand

The Art of the Fan

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Beauty in Hand

June 1 - August 18, 1990

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is fan with the accession number of 26.119. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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