Folding fan of bone with carved, open-work abstract designs mounted with long peacock feathers

Title
Folding fan of bone with carved, open-work abstract designs mounted with long peacock feathers
LC Subject
accessories (object genre)
Donor
McCrady, D. H., Mrs.
Description
a) Folding fan of bone with carved, open-work abstract designs mounted with long peacock feathers; mid-portion of feathers is white and hand-painted in red, green, blue and metallic floral design with exotic pheasants; Chinese flowers; handle has hand-knotted tassel with bead. b) Folding case of purple silk velvet backed with ecru silk damask in a leaf pattern; ribbon ties to close; 23" x 4 1/2" folded.
Motif
Peacock Birds Flowers
Work Type
fans (costume accessories)
Location
People's Republic of China
Date
1880/1889
Identifier
1900.006.078
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Bone Peacock Feathers
Technique
Folding fan Hand-painted feathers Tassel
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University