Collection Highlights
Leg brace
ca. 1940
2002.76
Leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll fan
Object name
Doll fan
Date
1870-1880
Medium
Bone, metal
Dimensions
closed: 2 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 1.3 cm )
open: 2 1/2 x 4 in. ( 6.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Doll's fan with bone blades, pierced with floral design; ribbon missing; metal join.
Credit Line
Gift of Marian F. Fraser
Object Number
2004.47.43
Gallery Label
This doll, Helen, her wardrobe and trunk were originally owned by Mary Augusta Colson whose seafaring family roots were in Brooklyn, New York and New England. The doll was purchased for Mary as a favor to Captain Colson by the owner of his ship, Vernon H. Brown in 1876. Mrs. Brown spent weeks with her dressmaker designing the most current fashions for the doll. Mary was later photographed with her doll in Boston, as were successive generations of female descendants, including the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
