Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: mid- 19th century
name: label: After
content: Thomas Allom, (British, 1804–1872)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan. Paper leaf with chromolithograph showing decorative designs and Turkish scenes. Obverse, from left: the Bosphorus with the sultan’s barge; figure smoking a hookah; a slave market in Constantinople, after engraving by Thomas Allom; a woman with fan, the hippodrome, with mosque of Achmet, column of Constantine and Egyptian obelisk. Pierced and gilded ivory sticks painted with flowers and nautical scene. Gilt bail, chain and tassel.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: place depicted
content: Spain
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1952-161-218
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gilded and painted paper leaf with chromolithograph, gilded, pierced and painted ivory sticks, gilt bail, chain and tassel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 29.2 x 50.8 cm (11 1/2 x 20 in.) without tassel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 42.5 x 50.8 cm (16 3/4 x 20 in.) with tassel