Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brisé fan with box
Object Number:
1936.611ab
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Wood, lacquer, ribbon, paint, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 8 1/4 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 21 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
painted: on each guard: "LBC"
handwritten in pencil: on underside of box: "Nov. 25, 1936"
Description:
Brisé fan with black-lacquered wooden blades with gold painted pagodas, bamboo trees, and other landscape features; blades joined by pink silk ribbon; monogram "LBC" on each guard; in rectangular cardboard box covered in embossed turquoise-colored paper.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fan belonged to the donor's mother, Lena (Angelina) Burr Corse (b. 1847), who used it as a child.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
