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Pleated fan and case
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Pleated fan with a painted parchment leaf with three cartouches: the center shows an interior with a man and two women playing music and dancing; the two side cartouches show butterflies and shells. Scattered insects on the reverse, with a floral border. Twenty-four ivory sticks which are carved, pierced, painted and gilt, with amorini, fruit and flower chains, and with red foil inserted in the guard sticks. Embroidered case with red lining, removable lid.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit linePleated fan and case. 1730–60. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young. CC0.
