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White Silky Fan with a painted motif on one side. Motif in the shape of a leaf and flower stripe that runs all around the canvas. In the middle there is a wreath of oak twigs in which it says "Gesäll Förening. 1858. Around the free edges of the canvas is a blue silk fringe. The canvas has been riveted against the bar with a white cotton ribbon as reinforcement.
The fan has an emblem shaped like a burning heart inside a spearhead.
Title: field characters, collection characters, fana, cloth
Description:
White Silky Fan with a painted motif on one side.
Motif in the shape of a leaf and flower stripe that runs all around the canvas.
In the middle there is a wreath of oak twigs in which it says "Gesäll Förening.
1858.
Around the free edges of the canvas is a blue silk fringe.
The canvas has been riveted against the bar with a white cotton ribbon as reinforcement.
The fan has an emblem shaped like a burning heart inside a spearhead.
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