Folding fan of carved black wood in a floral design

Title
Folding fan of carved black wood in a floral design
LC Subject
accessories (object genre)
Donor
Ingalls, Ida
Description
Folding fan of carved black wood in a floral design with sheer black silk embellished with silver star paillettes.
Motif
Star
Work Type
fans (costume accessories)
Location
United States Europe >> Earth
Date
1860/1869
Identifier
1900.025.003
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Wood Silk Paillettes
Technique
Folding fan
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
From record: Belonged to Ms. Esther McDowell, great aunt of the donor (Ida Ingalls). Esther McDowell was a nurse during the Civil War probably born around 1830.