Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan: bird, floral design
Object Number:
INV.8625
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Wood, silk, lacquer, paint
Dimensions:
closed: 9 x 1 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Fan with reddish-brown lacquered wooden guards and sticks with gold painted decoration, and painted green silk leaf with floral spray and bird on obverse and floral spray on reverse.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
