Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: 1720–30
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan with leaf of parchment painted on both sides. An allegorical wedding scene in classical imagery. By the altar of Hymen (the Greek god of marriage), the couple are tethered to cupid's chariot. At left, a river god. Sticks of carved and pierced ivory, showing a man and woman, inlaid with mother-of-pearl thumb guard, and metal rivet head.
place: label: possibly made in
content: China
label: possibly made in
content: Germany (leaf)
label: possibly made in
content: Italy (sticks)
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Miss Adele Kneeland through Mrs. Philip Ainsworth Means
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1939-64-5
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Painted parchment leaf, carved and pierced ivory sticks inlaid with mother-of-pearl, mother-of-pearl thumb guard, metal rivet
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 29.8 x 52 cm (11 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)