Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1840
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Gilded paper fan leaf decorated with chromolithograph scenes of a musical gathering centered on a man with a hurdy-gurdy. Rococo-style gilding frames the scene; verso: a pastoral vignette with gilded strapwork border. Wood handle is carved and pierced with foliate scrolls.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Georgina and Louisa L. Schuyler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1916-29-110
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Paper leaf with gilded chromolithograph; carved and pierced wood sticks; blue silk tassel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 29.2 x 50.8 cm (11 1/2 x 20 in.) without tassel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 57.2 x 50.8 cm (22 1/2 x 20 in.) with tassel