Pleated fan and case
date: label: Date
content: 1880–1900
name: label: Distributor
content: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan. Leaf of egg-shell mousseline de soie; obverse applied with seven medallions of same materials; embroidered with gold thread, and gilt and silver sequins outlining medallions and forming designs of wheat stalks, ribbons, bows, festoons and musical trophies; guards and sticks of pierced ivory or bone, carved and painted. Gilt metal bail.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-161-246-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Pleated fan and case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Silk leaf applied with silk, gold thread and sequins, carved and painted ivory or bone sticks, gilt metal bail
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 22.9 x 40.6 cm (9 x 16 in.)