Handscreen
date: label: Date
content: early 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: Shaped leaf of paper with embossed scrolls and flowers, gold edges, and a turned wood handle. On each side there is a larger center medallion printed in red, surrounded by seven smaller medallions printed in green. On the obverse, the central medallion has a figure of a young woman; on the reverse, a parrot on branch with squirrel is printed in the center medallion.
place: label: made in
content: Venice, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1925-1-62
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Handscreen
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraved paper leaf, turned and painted wood handle
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 26 x 47 cm (10 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.)