Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
1942.220
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
closed: 8 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 in. ( 22.2 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse of leaf: "Compliments / Hotel Knickerbocker / Restaurant" and "Maquet Gravr, 10 rue de la Paix, Paris"
Description:
Advertising fan with wooden guards and sticks, and color-printed paper leaf with seven classically draped female figures in idealized landscape enclosed in scrolled frame; "Compliments Hotel Knickerbocker Restaurant" printed on reverse of leaf.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James King Hand
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
