Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Fan with box
Object Number:
Z.1421ab
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Ivory, silk, paint, metal, metal sequins, wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall (fan closed): 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 3/4 in. (26 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm)
Box: 1 1/4 x 10 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 26.4 x 4.8
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper tag attached with string to handle: "GIFT OF / MRS. A. / MODRY / 1947"
Description:
Fan with carved ivory guards and sticks with metal piqué and gold painted highlights; ivory-colored silk leaf with amorous couple in landscape painted at center and painted flowers and applied metal sequins scattered over surface; brass handle; rectangular box made of wood and cardboard, with embossed paper with gold on white design applied to lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Modry, 1947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
