Pleated fan and case
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1740
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pleated fan with paper leaf. Obverse showing a woman or goddess on a cloud with a putti playing with a shield. The reverse shows a seated woman. Central cartouche of putti playing musical instruments. Mother-of-pearl on back of cartouche and inlay on guards. Carved, gilded and painted ivory sticks.
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: 1931-6-120-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: Parchment leaf painted with gouache, gilded and painted ivory sticks, guards inlaid with mother-of-pearl
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 29.5 × 41.9 cm (11 5/8 × 16 1/2 in.)