Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Hand fan

Item

1986.451.jpg

Title

Hand fan

Description

Multicolored hand-painted silk fan; backed in sheer pink stiffened organza; Gothic arch motif with figures of Queen and royal crest embroidered at center magenta ground; purple celluloid sticks with wooden ribs; elaborately molded endpiece; black celluloid upper and lower guards; small black celluloid loop at head; some small tears and discoloration.

Belonged to a member of the Kohler or House families.

Date

1920-1930

Source

Donor: The Kohler Estate

Identifier

Object ID #1986.451
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/5131da2c7f4ef6e06b1527e08ca5d07d.jpg

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Subject

Painted fans

Type

Still Image

Format

Still Shot

Citation

“Hand fan,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed March 14, 2025, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/4273.