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Pleated fan
1870–1879
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Folding fan with plain celluloid sticks in imitation of ivory. Guards carved with rococo designs. Parchment leaf painted in gouache with a large group of classical figures including Apollo and the Muses. After The Parnassus, the Stanze by Raphael, in the Palace of the Vatican.
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Details
- Title: Pleated fan
- Date Created: 1870–1879
- Location Created: possibly France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Painted parchment leaf; molded and carved celluloid sticks
- Credit line: Gift of Georgina and Louisa L. Schuyler
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