Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: mid-18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan with painted paper leaf. Obverse mount shows a couple – the woman is seated, and the man stands under an arbor by a fountain with two bathing cupids. One cupid is shooting an arrow at the couple. In cartouches at either end are two cupids in monochrome. The reverse has a central monogram with cupids in cartouches at either end. Sticks are elaborately carved with openwork (à jour), painted and gilded. The center shows a naval battle, and on either side trophies and soldiers storming two towers with a cannon.
place: label: possibly made in
content: France, Europe
label: possibly made in
content: Germany, Europe
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 Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-6-113
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil paint on paper leaf, carved and pierced ivory sticks
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 29 x 52 cm (11 7/16 x 20 1/2 in.)