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1935

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2013

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Pleated Fan (France), ca. 1860

This is a Pleated fan. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1935. Its medium is paper leaf with gilded chromolithograph, pierced ivory sticks. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Georgiana L. McClellan. It is credited Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan.

Its dimensions are

H x W (open): 27.3 x 50.8 cm (10 3/4 x 20 in.)

Cite this object as

Pleated Fan (France), ca. 1860; paper leaf with gilded chromolithograph, pierced ivory sticks; H x W (open): 27.3 x 50.8 cm (10 3/4 x 20 in.); Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan; 1935-2-5-a

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