Collection Highlights
Bird's Nest and Dog Roses
1867
1947.519
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and selective glazing with scratching out on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object name
Fan
Date
1910-1930
Medium
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions
15 x 8 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a monochrome blue scene of men in colonial dress serenading women in an courtyard by a fountain. The reverse has a crest with two men in colonial dress holding a shield with a beaver, an early New Amsterdam symbol, and reads "Restaurant Knickerbocker/ James R. Regan".
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.1435
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
