Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan with painted vellum leaf. On the obverse are three scenes set in two diamonds on either side of an oval center medallion, each framed with a painted ribbon, on a striped gray ground with flowers. On the left, buildings bordering the water. In the center, a man, woman and boy walking beside a river carrying bundles. On the right, a boat in a harbor. On the reverse, two birds on a branch. Ivory sticks carved with Chinoiserie flowers.
place: label: possibly made in
content: England
label: possibly made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-65-166
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Painted vellum leaf, carved and pierced ivory sticks
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 26.7 x 49.5 cm (10 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)