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Japanese

Folding fan, ca. 1876

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Japanese

Title

Folding fan

Year

ca. 1876

Medium

Engraved and stencilled paper; wood sticks

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • stenciling,
  • stenciled,
  • bamboo,
  • paper (fiber product)

Dimensions

Length: 27.9 cm (11 inches)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of Linda Catano

Object Number

1990.025

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 Folding fan with the accession number of 1990.025. 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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