Pleated fan
Cooper Hewitt

Pleated fan

1840–60

Embroidered silk leaf, carved and gilded ivory sticks
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Folding fan with ivory sticks carved à jour with decoration in silver and gilt. Silk leaf with small, repeated flower pattern embroidered in white, yellow, and brown on a blue ground; the reverse is plain white silk.

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