Brisé fan
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Brisé fan. Ivory sticks painted to resemble vernis martin. Obverse: central scene of balloon ascent with cartouches enclosing four smaller scenes of balloon in flight and two portraits. Reverse: balloon over landscape. Rivet is set with a clear faceted stone. Tortoise shell on guards.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robertson D. Ward, from the collection of her mother, Mrs. Helen Wright-Clark Dawson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1970-58-5
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Brisé fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Painted ivory sticks, silk ribbon, tortoise shell on guards, rivet set with a stone
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 19.1 x 34 cm (7 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)