Fan with cream silk organza mount and original box

Accession number 86.169AB

Unique identifier MNY172270

Description A: Cream silk leaf fan hand painted with bucolic scene of three women laying flowers on a woodland altar. Signature on lower right: Yernawa [?]. Asymmetrical bobbin lace insertion at edges, with large area of lace at upper left. Monture of amber tortoise shell or celluloid; sticks plain, the outer eight ribs applied on top of leaf, inlaid with silver foil (piqué), and cut to match floral pattern; brass rivet; tortoise shell button and loop. B: Cardboard box with hinged lid, covered with cream satin; lid lined with same, stamped in gold: Ernest Kees / Fabrique d'Éventails / 28 Rue de Quatre Septembre Paris. Probably used by Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes (née Helen Louisa Phelps, 1846-1930).

Dated 1880-1889

Object Type box (container), fan (costume accessory)

Medium bobbin lace, cardboard, foil (metal), organza, satin, silk (textile), tortoise shell

File dimensions 18.3 in × 10.9 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 27.8 cm at 300dpi

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