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1925

  • Work on this object ended.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Handscreen, mid- 19th–early 20th century

This is a Handscreen. It is dated mid- 19th–early 20th century and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is painted translucent leaf, gilded wood sticks and handle, silk fringe and thread-wrapped handle. It is a part of the Textiles department.

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Handscreen, mid- 19th–early 20th century; painted translucent leaf, gilded wood sticks and handle, silk fringe and thread-wrapped handle; 1957-35-1

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