Collection Highlights
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
Date:
ca. 1793
Object Number:
1928.18
Medium:
White marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
1943.189g
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Ivory, silver, paper
Dimensions:
closed: 10 5/8 x 1 x 3/4 in. ( 27 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Fan with ivory guards and sticks with pierced, incised, and silver painted decorative motifs, and small circles of silver inlay; one side of paper leaf with silver and white printed decoration framing small, color-printed image of two women and a young girl in a garden setting, and other side with three color-printed scenes with multiple figures surrounded by orange, yellow, silver, and white scroll motifs.
Gallery Label:
This fan was owned and used by the donor's mother.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary W. Baugs
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
