Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: 1725–40
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan with double leaf. Obverse: paper leaf with hand-colored etching showing allegorical scene of female figures in 18th century costume with dogs and architectural elements. Reverse: painted paper. Pierced, painted and gilded ivory sticks showing birds.
place: label: made in
content: probably England
label: made in
content: possibly Netherlands
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: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-156-4-a
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Paper leaf with hand-colored etching, pierced and painted ivory sticks, rivet set with faceted stone
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 28.5 x 47.5 cm (11 1/4 x 18 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 28.5 x 25 cm (11 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)