Woman's black lace fan owned by members of the Ellis family
date: label: Date
content: late 19th-early 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A black lace and sequin fan with eighteen (18) black flat wooden ribs with a flat verso and carved or pressed designs on the front attached by black mesh leaves in an accordion fold between two decoratively carved guards that are flat on the verso and rounded on the front. The guards and ribs are held together at the handle with a steel pin and rivet. The rivet also holds a curved black painted brass loop. The open fan shows two black mesh leaves that are adorned with silver sequins that have been attached from the verso with stitches of brown thread. The leaves are backed with a layer of black mesh. Both layers are stitched together with a continuous lace border at the outermost edge. They are slipped over the ribs and adhered with a spot of adhesive. There are lace borders on the lower edge of the top leaves, and both top and bottom borders of the lower leaves with openings where the ribs pass through. A three leaf arrangement of lace pieces are stitched to the front mesh appearing to hang off the outermost lace border.
place: label: Place used
content: Orange County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clara Ellis Payne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.42.4
objectType: label: Type
content: fans (costume accessories)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, lace, sequins, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (fan open): 9 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 1 in. (23.5 x 39.4 x 2.5 cm)