Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan. Parchment and silk leaf, gilded and painted with gouache. Obverse: scene of playing maidens against a ruin, in the style of Louis XVI. Rococo border of shells, latticework, foliage, fantastic forms and scenes. Reverse: plain silk. Sticks and guards careved, painted and filled with mother-of-pearl. Feather design and scenes.
place: label: made in
content: Spain
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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. Robert B. Noyes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1942-34-5-a
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Parchment and silk leaf, gilded and painted with gouache, painted and gilded ivory and mother-of-pearl sticks, brilliant set in pin
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 27.6 × 41.9 cm (10 7/8 × 16 1/2 in.)