Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan. Gilded parchment leaf painted with gouache and embroidered with sequins. Obverse: figures in 18th-century dress divided into three panels. Reverse: three panels, each enclosing a spray of flowers. Carved and pierced ivory sticks overlaid with gold foil. Pin is set with a faceted blue gem.
place: label: made in
content: France (sticks)
label: made in
content: England (leaf)
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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: 1952-161-203
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gilded parchment leaf painted with gouache and embroidered with sequins, carved and pierced ivory sticks overlaid with gold foil, pin set with a faceted stone
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 28.6 x 52.1 cm (11 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)