CASE 6 - ASIAN FANS

Long, John Luther.  Miss Cherry-Blossom of Tokyo.  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1895.  

 
This book, form the Athenaeum's legacy collection, features an unsigned cover design reflecting a Japanese theme.


Cockade Paper Fan  
20th Century
"Made in The People's Republic of China"

Collection of Joy Lindy, On Loan to the Athenaeum

 

 

Child's Japanese Fan  
20th Century
Painted image of Mount Fuji
Made in Occupied Japan

 

Japanese Fan 
Undated

 

Chinese Fan 
Undated
Embroidered silk with box

 

Cockade Fan 
20th Century
Accordian pleated and printed paper
Probably Southeast Asia

 
 

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