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.

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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