Wedding Fan
Cleveland Museum of Art

Wedding Fan

mid-1800s

Copper alloy; satin weave silk; silk and metal thread embroidery; and paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This fan was not to cool oneself, but rather to veil a bride's face during a wedding ceremony as a gesture of chastity.

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