Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fan with ivory sticks and paper leaf. Leaf painted on front and back with scenes of Chinese life. Faces of figures are painted on small bits of applied ivory. Garments of figures are made of silk applied to the paper leaf. The ivory sticks are lace-carved with flowers, figures, etc. Guards are carved in high relief.
place: label: made in
content: China
label: distributed in
content: Italy
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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 Clarence Hoblitzelle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1912-10-2
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Painted paper leaf, carved ivory sticks
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 18.4 x 34 cm (7 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.)