Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan. Parchment leaf gilded and painted in watercolors. Obverse: birth scene in woodland setting with mother reclining on couch while the child is washed and attended by maidens. At right, river gods. Reverse: a central cartouche portrays Venus and Cupid in a landscape setting. Carved and gilt mother-of-pearl sticks with gold and silver foil. At center, two couples sitting beneath an arcade, surrounded by putti and scrolls.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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: 1952-161-205
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 in watercolors, carved and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks with gold and silver foil
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 27 x 50.2 cm (10 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)