Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–mid- 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan. Parchment leaf with pen and ink drawing showing bacchanalian scene of the drunken Silenus, a figure connected with Dionysus and vintage festivals, lying in the company of his retinue. Reverse: strap ornament and drapery in black line with hatching and black border. Incised and pierced ivory sticks with rococo scroll work and mother-of-pearl inlay. Glass stone at rivet.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-46-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Front and back leaves of fine parchment with pen and ink drawing, carved, incised and pierced ivory sticks with mother-of-pearl inlay, glass stone at rivet
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 28 x 44.5 cm (11 x 17 1/2 in.)