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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.

  • Bag (France), late 18th century

    Bag of white cotton printed with a basket of fruit and flowers on each side, with a strawberry vine border and a narrow egg-and-dart border. Drawstring top with silk cord…

  • 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.…

  • Bag (France), 19th century

    Tall white cap, or hat, off white cotton. Wider at top, shaped to fit forehead at bottom, and folds flat. Quilted and heavily padded; back, design of white ridges that…

  • Pleated Fan, ca. 1875

    Pleated fan with needle lace leaf showing royal procession, lined with net. Ivory sticks. Guards have raised bumps in imitation of bamboo.

  • Pleated Fan (USA), ca. 1895

    Pleated folding fan with a black silk gauze leaf, painted with Cupid in a heart-shaped framework at center, surrounded by figures in costumes from various periods and locations. Black carved…

  • Bag, 19th century

    Bag knitted in stockinette stitch, with a drawstring at the top; now open at bottom. Deep band of decoration in red and blue on a white ground. Three tassels attached…

  • Bag (Italy), 18th century

    Knitted bag of rose colored silk with a geometric design; with rose ribbon upper edge and handles.

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