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Handscreen (one of a pair)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Handscreen (one of a pair), mid-19th century, Black lacquered, painted and gilded papier-mâché with turned gilt-wood handles

Date: mid-19th century
Medium: Black lacquered, painted and gilded papier-mâché with turned gilt-wood handles
Dimensions: Overall: 17 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (45.4 × 25.7 cm)
Culture: British
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 1999.50.12
Credit line: Gift of George E. Dix, 1999

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