Pleated fan
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1760
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan with painted leaf. The obverse mount shows a pastoral scene with a central group of a woman and a boy with two putti, one holding a torch. To the left is a girl and boy near a tree and on the right, a child plays with a dog. Gilt border with urns and wreaths. The reverse shows a girl seated under a tree and has a pink and blue floral border. Sticks have carved openwork (à jour) with figures of a man, woman, and putti, silvered and gilt. Guards have oval medallions with portraits of a man and woman, each holding a fan in an articulated arm made of painted ivory that moves using a lever to cover and uncover the face.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-6-116
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Parchment leaf painted with gouache; pierced and gilded ivory sticks with glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 29 x 52 cm (11 7/16 x 20 1/2 in.)