Pleated fan and case
date: label: Date
content: late 19th–early 20th century
name: label: Painter
content: J. Creven
label: Manufacturer
content: Ernest Kees Fabrique d'Eventail, (Paris, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan, leaf of cream-colored silk painted on the obverse with a scene in a medallion of an interior with a man and girl dancing, with three women at left watching, all in Empire costume; a tripod at right and open door at back showing a landscape. Border at top and sides of leaf, green, with gold and brown rinceaux, central mascaron ornament, and festoons of roses and gilt 8-point sequins. Reverse decorated with gold eagle on blue-green ground in gold frame, border on leaf painted with gold scroll design. Top of leaf sewn with gold loop edging. Guards and sticks of horn with scalloped outline, pierced, obverse engraved, gilded and decorated with steel piques.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-161-211-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 and embroidered silk leaf, pierced, engraved and gilded horn sticks
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19 x 34 cm (7 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)