OSTRICH FEATHER FAN
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Folding white ostrich feather fan with mother of pearl sticks, guards, and washer. The sticks are connected to one another by cream silk ribbon woven through cut outs in the sticks and are then attached to the guard via an adhesive. The head has a yellow metal pivot and loop with a cream silk bow tied to it made of 1 3/8” ribbon. (15 sticks and 2 gaurds).
- Object name:
- OSTRICH FEATHER FAN
- Made from:
- ostrich feathers --mother of pearl --silk --metal
- Date made:
- Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.
- Size:
- 25 ½” H x 26” W
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2014.3.19
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973