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Fan
Unknown1800–10
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Leaf of painted paper backed with parchment; painted with allegorical scene depicting a hero returning from war. Reverse white decorated with foliage sprays in gilt. Sticks of carved and pierced ivory, guards decorated with mother-of-pearl, silver, and metallic spangles.
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Details
- Title: Fan
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1800–10
- Physical Dimensions: w336 x d178 cm
- Type: Fan
- Rights: Gift of Anonymous Donor
- Medium: Medium: ivory, silver, spangles, mother-of-pearl, paper, and parchment
- Exhibitions: "Folding Fans from the Cooper-Hewitt Collection" February 3 to May 31, 1987, Cooper-Hewitt Museum
- Dimensions: Open: Width: 33.6 (13 1/4 in.)Closed: Length: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
- Bibliography: Yelavich, Susan. Design for Life. New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 1997, p. 29.
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