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Object Details

Date

1910

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

ART-Miscellaneous

Medium

Fan, Folding

Physical Description

Folding hand fan with paper leaf and wood sticks. Colored scene of an air show with early planes is printed on the leaf. The front is labeled 'Souvenir Café Martin, New York.' The reverse is printed in a monochrome green floral print, and labeled 'Perfumed with L'Ariette, L.T. Piver, Paris (France)'. By Geo. Blott Betheny. Made in Maquet, Paris, 1910.

Dimensions

Open: 24.1 × 43.2 × 1.9cm (9 1/2 in. × 17 in. × 3/4 in.)
Closed: 24.1 × 3.8 × 2.4cm (9 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 15/16 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140425000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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