Pleated cockade fan
date: label: Date
content: 1870–90
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated cockade fan. Leaf of glazed cotton with silk cords attached--one to the upper center of leaf and the other to the lower center through a hole in the tortoiseshell tube. Pulling the cord at the bottom of the tube retracts the telescoping cockade fan into its cylindrical handle. The leaf, when pulled upward, has a circular or "flabellum" form.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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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 Mary Goodrich Fitch Beer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-2-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated cockade fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Glazed cotton leaf, tortoise shell handle, silk cord
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open, without tassels): 27.9 x 15.2 cm (11 x 6 in.)