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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…

  • Sleeve (Philippines), late 19th–early 20th century

    Straight panels intended for sleeves with a small appliquéd and embroidered floral design. A wide border shows a vine pattern along with a flower and vine pattern of appliqué pina…

  • 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.

  • Sleeve (Philippines), 1901–25

    Fine sheer piña cloth ground. Scattered with tiny white embroidered floral motifs; deep border of white embroidered drawnwork with symmetrical design of lobed medallions enclosing ribboned wreath encircling flower arrangement.…

  • Sleeve (Philippines), 1901–25

    Fine sheer piña cloth embroidered in white cotton with curving vertical arabesque lines. Setting off areas alternately embroidered with tiny flowers and with groups of dots. Deep scalloped border with…

  • Sleeve (Philippines), 1901–25

    Fine sheer piña cloth embroidered in white cotton with curving vertical arabesque lines. Setting off areas alternately embroidered with tiny flowers and with groups of dots. Deep scalloped border with…

  • 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…

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