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Featured Fans of This Exhibit
Fashion and Sophistication
 - 00.131.57
- Peterson’s Monthly Magazine 1875
- Five ladies dressed elaborately all standing in a room with a chandelier, mirror and curtain, table to right with pitcher and tray. Middle lady is holding a chair. They are all dressed for an evening party. three have fans, one has a spoon and plate with food on it.
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 - 00.53.94
- Porcelain Doll
- A female doll with a porcelain head, leather gloves, a stuffed body, and leather shoes with ribbons and flower appliqué. The doll is wearing pantaloons and an underskirt of white cotton. The dress is silk with stripes of flower embroidery and has a long train. The doll holds white and blue beads in her right hand, and a fan in her left. Doll is wearing a gold cross with a long chain around her neck.
 - 1977.46
- Houqua's Garden
- Oil on canvas mounted on masonite, ca. 1850
- This painting of "Houqua's Garden" is by a Chinese artist. It shows a Chinese landscape with a tile walk around the wall of an angular pool. Potted plants are on top of the wall and flower beds, trees, and benches beautify the walk. On the left is an octagonal portal with a Chinese inscription. A female figure in red Chinese garb is in the center holding a fan. Behind her is an octagonal gate and a figure watering beds. On the right is an open tearoom, with screen and scrolls and two figures inside in blue Chinese garb, sitting at a table and playing a game. The painting is in its original Chinese Chippendale frame.
Leisure and the Upper Class
 - 00.180.21
- Paper Folding Fan
- This large paper fan has a Renaissance Italian scene painted on the front; a gondola holds a lute player and his listeners. The carved guardsticks and leaf sticks are made of mother of pearl. The reverse side has a pastel landscape with blue and red dressed figures.
Courting and Romance
 - 1977.11.4
- Valentine to Eliza Anne White
- Engraving, paper, 1846
- An unmounted engraving with letter press on paper, a printed form with border of flowers, vines, cupids, birds and nests, couple pictured top center, woman and cupid holding yoke above head of man.
 - 1984.37.2
- Courting Couple painting
- Watercolor on paper, Adolf J. Frederick, 1904
- A woodland setting provides the backdrop for a young couple sitting on a stone bench. The young man, dressed in knee-breeches and champagne-colored satin waistcoat, sits to the left of the picture and is leaning forward, turning slightly to the young woman who has her head tilted and eyes closed. She wears a gauzy pearl-colored dress with light green wrap draped over her left arm. She only wears one long white glove on her left arm.
Myth and Folklore
 - 1946.19.1
- Paper Folding Fan
- Off-white paper fan with ivory sticks. The front leaf has a painting of a young man and three women with doves, and the reverse side has a painting of two young women with palm trees in the background. Surrounding this image is gold painted pattern with a horn and mandolin on one side of image and a basket of flowers on the other side. The off-white tassel wrapped with wire and a metal loop is attached.
 - 00.180.41
- Paper Folding Fan
- Black wooden fan with detail painted in gold. The paper fan leaf has a scene of a European couple and a dog with silver sequins attached.
 - 1947.34
- Painted Fan
- Off-white satin fan with ivory sticks decoratively carved. Fairies, a dragonfly, cherry blossoms, and a moon are painted on the front. The loop is ivory. A label attached to fan reads “Mrs. S.E. Gardner.”
 - 00.180.1
- Folding Paper Fan
- Pleated paper fan with natural wooden leaf sticks and guards. The paper on the front is painted gold with a scene that is reminiscent of a children’s nursery rhyme. The children are painted with multicolored detail and are playing in a circle. A painted white label reading “LAS NINFAS” is painted on the back of the fan.
European Influence
 - 00.180.26
- Folding Fan
- Paper folding fan with carved ivory sticks. A European-style leisure scene is painted on the front. On the reverse side there is a water scene with boats and blue and red dressed figures. A decorative metal loop attached.
 - 00.180.27
- Paper Folding Fan
- Paper folding fan with ivory sticks; the right guard stick has a small mirror located near the top. A central scene of three European figures is painted on the front leaf, while the back of the paper has an embossed floral design. The decorative metal loop with an off-white tassel has metal wires wrapped around it.
Glossary
 - 00.180.48
- Brise Fan
- Wooden fan with a brown ribbon laced through the sticks. The guards have yellow painted wheat and a central image of red flowers and yellow wheat. A metal loop and a gold tassel are attached.
 - 00.180.58
- Cockade Fan
- Pleated cockade fan of brown glazed cotton. Pink and yellow flowers with green leaves are painted on the front. A small loop holds the handles together.
 - 1944.1
- Fixed feather fan or hand screen
- Fixed fan made of brown and white spotted feathers, possibly of quail or turkey. The basket-weave handle is constructed around a piece of wood with black cotton thread and some kind of flexible white material that resembles grass or reed.
 - 00.180.74
- Fixed Feather Fan
- White feathers with painted flowers, birds, and butterflies are fixed by a wooden rivet. The rivet is a decorative mother of pearl bead shaped like a flower.
 - 1994.42.6
- Folding Pleated Fan
- Pleated folding fan with black lacquered wooden ribs. Light-weight black material with gold painted fern-like patterns and nineteen small gold sequins. Stored in a wooden black lacquered box.
 - 00.180.40
- Fontage Fan
- Carved wooden fan of black lace and chiffon with painted flowers and birds. The off-white tassel is a Chinese-styled knot with a black metal loop.
 - 00.180.49
- Jenny Lind Fan
- This fan has a pierced ivory leaf sticks and guardsticks. The off-white fabric is cut and shaped like feathers and attached to ribs. Sequins form a garland design toward the center with a chandelier shape in the center. It has a metal loop and an off-white tassel with wire.
 - 00.180.46
- Jenny Lind Fan
- Pierced wooden fan with off-white silk cut into petal-like shapes and a small off-white tassel.
Advertising
 - 00.180.80
- Paper Folding Fan
- This fan has wooden sticks and guardsticks that are painted white with silver detail. The fan leaf is made of paper that has painted black and silver flowers and leaves. There is a scene painted with a boat and an island. Black webbing is woven between the layers of paper.
 - 00.131.79
- Paper Folding Fan
- This fan has painted white sticks and guardsticks with a silver design. The fan leaf is made of paper. On the one side there is a painted red, pink and white flower pattern. On the reverse side of the fan there is an advertisement for a Bissel Carpet Sweeper with two figures using a sweeper and holding fans. A metal loop is attached to the painted wooden sticks.
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