Handscreen
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Subject
content: Louis XV, King of France, 1715–1774
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Obverse: hand-colored engraving showing Justice with scales and sword, with cherubs holding banners telling events from the life of Louis XV, in a scrolling framework. Mentioned is the 1741 storming of Prague and the election of Charles VII. Reverse: tribute to Louis XV.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1927-17-18
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Handscreen
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraved, hand-colored and painted paper leaf, turned wood handle