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  • Pleated Fan, 1820–1830

    Double paper leaf with gilded hand-colored etching.Obverse: scene of three women with a lyre. Possibly an operatic scene. Reverse: plain paper with small gold ornamentation. Carved bone sticks with metallic…

  • Pleated Fan, 19th century

    Folding fan with a leaf of white bobbin lace with swirling floral patterns. Sticks of plain mother-of-pearl, with a wide white silk ribbon.

  • Cap (Egypt), late 13th–early 14th century

    Man’s cap of bright blue silk formed from six isoceles triangles, with a deep band to encircle the head. The triangles have quilted geometric borders and fillings; the band has…

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  • Cap (Egypt), 9th–12th century

    Skull cap wiht flat circular crown, band around the head, of double thickness of undyed linen with embroidered, couched, and quilted decoration. Diamonds around headband with various fillings in forms…

  • Pleated Fan, late 19th century

    Pleated fan. Metallic net leaf backed with black chiffon. Obverse: decorated with bands and diamonds of black sequins and paillettes sewn on taffeta as well as metal net. Carved sandalwood…

  • Pleated Fan (France), mid-19th century

    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.…

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