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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.

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Pleated Mourning Fan, early 20th century

    Pleated mourning fan. Leaf of black satin and grosgrain ribbon stitched to black dotted net and backed with black organdy. Black wood sticks, metal bail.

  • Pleated Mourning Fan, early 20th century

    Pleated mourning fan. Black organdy leaf. Black wood sticks incised with conventional patterns. Metal bail.

  • Pleated Mourning Fan, early 20th century

    Pleated fan. Black organdy leaf. Carved black wood sticks incised with scrolls and flowers. Black tassel.

  • Pleated Mourning Fan, early 20th century

    Pleated fan. Black organdy leaf, cut out and applied in elaborate pattern to net. Richly decorated with black plastic sequins. Dark tortoise shell sticks.

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