Handscreen
Cooper Hewitt

Handscreen

early 18th century

Engraved paper leaf, turned and painted wood handle
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Shaped leaf of paper with embossed scrolls and flowers, gold edges, and a turned wood handle. On each side there is a larger center medallion printed in red, surrounded by seven smaller medallions printed in green. On the obverse, the central medallion has a figure of a young woman; on the reverse, a parrot on branch with squirrel is printed in the center medallion.

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