Pleated fan

mid-19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Pleated fan. Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph. Obverse: rustic fisherpeople against a landscape with water, and scrolling gold borders. Sticks are sandalwood with pierced designs and inlaid steel discs. Brass ball with silk and metal thread tassel.

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Title: Pleated fan
Date Created: mid-19th century
Location Created: possibly France
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph, sandalwood sticks, pierced and inlaid with steel discs, brass ball with silk and metallic tassel
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Woodward Haynes

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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