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Embroidered silk fan with ivory sticks

19th century
Medium/TechniqueEmbroidered silk fan with ivory sticks
DimensionsLegacy dimension: H: 220 cm
Credit LineGift of Sarah Buchan Jewell
Accession number1991.187
On View
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ClassificationsDecorative arts
Collections
ProvenanceEdwin Conger, first U.S. Ambassador to Imperial China and his wife Sarah Conger; by descent to their granddaughter Sarah Buchan Jewell (Mrs T. Edson Jewell), Boston; 1991, gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 1991)
Scott Rothstein
1988
Fan
1770s
Fan
1805–10
Folding fan
about 1905
Fan
1783–85
Fan
1800–05
Rag Tassel
Ed Rossbach
1970
Past Incantations
Carol Eckert
1991
John McQueen
1999
Fan
1779
Fan
1870–75