Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
1955.46a
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Tortoise shell, silk, paint
Dimensions:
closed: 11 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 in. ( 29.2 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
painted: on obverse of leaf: "M. Lasnier"
Description:
Fan with tortoise shell guards and sticks, and black silk leaf with wedding scene painted on obverse.
Gallery Label:
This fan was given to the donor's mother, Anne Loundes Langdon Townsend, by her stepfather, Philip Schuyler.
Credit Line:
Gift of Marchesa Anne Pellegrini-Quarantotti
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
