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Medium:
Painted paper leaf with cut-paper border, turned wood handle
Type:
costume & accessories
Handscreen
Possibly made in:
France
Date:
late 18th–early 19th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Handscreen with a hand painted paper leaf with border of dagged orange paper. Obverse: woman with bonnet placing flowers on the head of a second woman. Reverse: seated woman in landscape, in shades of blue. Turned wood handle.
Accession Number:
1924-36-2
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47d7b1a64-f116-48d6-84d0-4626fe8e91ed
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1924-36-2