Pleated fan and case
date: label: Date
content: 1730–60
notes: label: Description
content: Pleated fan with a painted parchment leaf with three cartouches: the center shows an interior with a man and two women playing music and dancing; the two side cartouches show butterflies and shells. Scattered insects on the reverse, with a floral border. Twenty-four ivory sticks which are carved, pierced, painted and gilt, with amorini, fruit and flower chains, and with red foil inserted in the guard sticks. Embroidered case with red lining, removable lid.
place: label: possibly made in
content: France
label: possibly made in
content: England
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: Gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1937-28-2-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan and case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Painted parchment leaf, carved, pierced, painted and gilt ivory sticks
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 29.5 x 55 cm (11 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.)