Colorfully Striped Hand-painted Paper Hand Fan with Gilded Edge, Presumed Earlier 19th Century flat loom so I'm fine just to

so I'm fine just to read them as carved out shapes

Anna and Katie Intemann

with two completed pieces per leaf plus their backsides visible from the opposite direction--so one could take this apart and have 57 full page pieces total with blank reverse sides

What a wonderful face

Definitely with some age to it

Colorfully Striped Hand-painted Paper Hand Fan with Gilded Edge, Presumed Earlier 19th Century flat loom so I'm fine just toI believe this is an early one (c. 1830s would be my guess), which immediately reminded of my favorite folding fan ever, hand dyed with stripes just like this, but that one stenciled with the letters of the alphabet. No alphabet here, but the colors are beautiful, and with gold along the edge. Closed 9 5 8" x 13 16" x 7 8". Opens to 16 3 4" measured corner to corner. Some creasing across the center, best understood via photos of the reverse they