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Pleated fan
late 19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Pleated fan. Leaf and obverse are black taffeta painted with scene of a party under trees with a standing young couple in front of a seated man in the foreground. Reverse is plain. Sticks and guards are plain dark-colored mother-of-pearl with fancy black silk tassel.
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Details
- Title: Pleated fan
- Date Created: late 19th century
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Silk leaf painted with gouache, mother-of-pearl sticks, silk tassel
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
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