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Pleated Fan

This is a Pleated fan. We acquired it in 1939. Its medium is silk bobbin lace leaf backed with silk, celluloid sticks. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Miss Adele Kneeland. It is credited Bequest of Miss Adele Kneeland through Mrs. Philip Ainsworth Means.

  • Bag, 8 Hours
  • silk selvedges, polyurethane.
  • Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.
  • 88.2015.19

Its dimensions are

H x W (open): 29.2 × 52.7 cm (11 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Pleated Fan; silk bobbin lace leaf backed with silk, celluloid sticks; H x W (open): 29.2 × 52.7 cm (11 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.); Bequest of Miss Adele Kneeland through Mrs. Philip Ainsworth Means; 1939-64-3

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