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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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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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Towel End, 18th–19th century
Towel end made up of three pieces of loosely woven fine cloth with a deep band of embroidery of stylized allover floral design in silver-gilt thread and silk embroidery in…
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Towel End (Mexico), late 19th century
Colored glass beads strung onto the extended threads and then knotted into a pattern.
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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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Towel End, 19th century
End crossed by two types of shrine forms (?) alternating in blue, green and pink silk silver thread with touches of brown and cream. Fret border in cream and silver…
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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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Pleated Fan, ca. 1905
Pleated fan. Leaf of black mousseline de soie; obverse applied with scalloped band of same material; decorated with steel sequins of varying shapes arranged in flower shapes, swags and lines.…
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