Folding Fan Sticks

1740–1750

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Part of a folding fan consisting of only sticks and guards. Ivory sticks painted, gilded, and carved à jour with designs of flowers and ribbons. Blue silk ribbon connects the sticks in the absence of the original leaf. . Mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet.

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Title: Folding Fan Sticks
Date Created: 1740–1750
Location Created: possibly England
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Ivory sticks, painted, gilded, and carved à jour, silk ribbon
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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