Brisé fan
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Brisé fan of carved ivory decorated on obverse with all-over relief carving of Chinese figures, trees, flowers, birds and animals, against a ground pierced with fine vertical lines. Guards carved in relief on obverse with man, dragon and cloud motif, and on reverse with flowers forms in flat carving. Sticks and guards rounded at ends and connected with a white paper ribbon.
place: label: made in
content: China
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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 Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-161-214
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Brisé fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Carved ivory sticks, paper ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 15.2 x 22.9 cm (6 x 9 in.)