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  • Pleated Fan (France), ca. 1780

    Pleated fan. Front and back leaves of hand-colored etching on paper. Obverse: a satirical depiction American separation from England, and the 1778 treaty subsequently signed between America and France. England…

  • Pleated Fan (France), 1778–1793

    Pleated fan. Paper leaf with hand-colored engraving showing Minerva, with a leopard at her feet and a torch in one hand, presenting an olive branch and wreath to Louis XVI.…

  • Pleated Fan (France), late 18th century

    Pleated fan. Parchment leaf painted with watercolors. In the center “Rebecca the Well” enframed by gold-colored outlines. Parchment is edged with a gold color on all four sides and between…

  • Pleated Fan, late 19th century

    Parchment leaf lined with silk and painted with gouache showing a street scene with a soldier buying flowers from a vendor. Pierced mother-of-pearl sticks painted with gold and silver showing…

  • Pleated Fan, late 19th century

    Pleated fan. Printed and hand-colored paper leaf. Obverse: a Turkish scene showing a seated man reclining with with women, servants and musicians. Reverse: a Renaissance scene showing bobbin lace making…

  • Pleated Fan, late 19th century

    Pleated fan. Printed, hand-colored and gilded paper leaf. Obverse: a young man and woman receive blessings from a seated man and woman; groups of figures watch from the left, right…

  • Pleated Fan, 19th century

    Pleated fan. Printed and hand-colored paper leaf. Obverse: coronation scene of Marie de Medici, surrounded by gilding and appliquéd paper designs. Reverse: chinoiserie scene. Pierced bone sticks with gold and…

  • Pleated Fan, 19th century

    Pleated fan. Single leaf of duchesse lace (needle and bobbin laces) painted with scene of cherubs interacting with lace birds. Sticks of imitation tortoise with ribbon holder.

  • Pleated Fan (France), late 19th century

    Pleated fan. Black machine-made lace leaf with appliquéd gauze painted with blue gouache showing two couples and a musician. Gilded tortoise shell sticks with inlaid steel piqués. Gilt metal bail.

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