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Pleated fan
1850–70
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Pleated fan with a black silk leaf with a simple meandering floral vine embroidered with white silk and appliquéd with white machine made lace flowers. Drilled and pierced bone sticks. Mother-of-pearl washer and metal loop at the rivet.
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Details
- Title: Pleated fan
- Date Created: 1850–70
- Location Created: probably Europe
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Silk leaf embroidered with silk and appliquéd with machine made lace, drilled and pierced bone sticks, mother-of-pearl washer, metal bail
- Credit line: Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds
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