Design for a Fan, Closed

Unknown1750–75

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Visible edge includes design with overall vegetal motif, interspersed with two birds. The handle of the fan is mainly undecorated, with one small flower depicted at bottom.

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Title: Design for a Fan, Closed
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1750–75
Type: Drawing
Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium: Pen and black Ink, brush and wash, watercolor, white gouache on cream laid paper, lined
Exhibitions: New York, NY - CHNDM, "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008", March 7 - July 6, 2008.
Dimensions: 32.4 x 11.8 cm (12 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Drawing Gouache Ink Laid paper Pen Watercolor painting