Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object name
Fan
Date
1920-1950
Medium
Paper
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 5 x 1/8 in. unfolded
Description
This woman's folding hand fan is made of paper and has three leaf panels. One side has a color print of a thatched roof cottage surrounded by a lush garden. The reverse reads in black "Bill and Henry Daniels/ Funeral Chapel/ 7th and Kansas Ave. Tel Drexel 4824/ Also Use of a New Modern Chapel/ Washington Boulevard and 18th Street, If Desired".
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.1400
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
