Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
1937.6
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Ivory, silk, paint
Dimensions:
closed: 9 1/2 x 1 x 1 in. ( 24.1 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
painted monogram: on obverse of leaf: "L B C"
Description:
Fan with carved ivory guards with openwork design and plain ivory sticks with rivet end shaped like an arrow head; green silk leaf with ivory lining, with monogram painted in white, blue, and yellow on obverse.
Gallery Label:
The monogram on this fan is that of Lena Burr Corse (1847-1910), the donor's mother.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
