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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…
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Brisé Fan, late 19th–early 20th century
Brisé fan. Celluloid stick with white, uncurled ostrich feathers.
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Brisé Fan, late 19th–early 20th century
Brisé fan. Tortoise shell sticks with black ostrich feathers, graded larger toward center; smaller tips are massed on outer guard.
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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.
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Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10
Bisymmetrical leaf and plant forms embossed in gold on glazed brown ground.
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Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10
Textured green paper imitating embossed leather. Darker brown pigment rubbed into crevices.
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Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10
Four brown and green stripes with stylized decoration on brown glazed crackled ground. Resembles painted leather.
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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…
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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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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.
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