Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan with double leaf. Both leaves are hand-colored paper with an equestrian statue of Portugual’s John I in the center, having at each side one of the "Four Parts of the Globe" allegorically represented as a woman with an attendant beast and appropriate scenic detail. Pierced ivory sticks inlaid steel piqués. Some careful repairs have been made to the edges of the paper leaf. Mother-of-pearl washer at rivet.
place: label: probably made in
content: China for Portuguese market
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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 the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-88
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Painted paper leaf, pierced bone sticks with steel piqués, mother-of-pearl washer
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 24.1 x 45.7 cm (9 1/2 x 18 in.)