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Chinese

Feather fan, mid 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chinese

Title

Feather fan

Year

mid 1800s

Medium

bone; feather; glass; bead; tin

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • bone,
  • tin,
  • feather,
  • glass

Dimensions

40.6 cm (16 inches) (length)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop W. Aldrich

Object Number

58.184.25

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 Feather fan with the accession number of 58.184.25. 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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