Pleated fan

ca. 1905

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Pleated fan with leaf of gessoed and painted silk. Sticks of carved and incised mahogany with stamped gold flowers. Guards carved à jour with stamped gilt flower ornament. Fan leaf has a slightly arched shape

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Title: Pleated fan
Date Created: ca. 1905
Location Created: USA
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/24940
Medium: Gessoed and painted silk gauze leaf; carved and incised mahogany sticks with stamped gold; silk ribbon
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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