Retailer:

B. Altman & Co., (New York, NY, USA)  Search this

Medium:

Sticks of tinted mother-of-pearl, carved à jour, incised, and inlaid with steel paillettes. Slips of bone. Single leaf of silk gauze weave (crossed warps) embroidered with steel and possibly celluloid paillettes of different sizes and shapes. Mother-of-pearl washer and metal loop at the rivet.

Dimensions:

H x W (open): 25 × 29.2 cm (9 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

Type:

costume & accessories

Folding fan and box

Made in:

France

Date:

1905–1910

Description:

Pleated gauze fan is decorated with silver sequins, spangles and metallic embroidery in a design of spirals and scrolling forms. Shaped and pierced mother-of-pearl guards and sticks are dyed mauve and decorated with cut-steel piqué dots. Sticks are attached to bone ribs. Cream-colored box.

Credit Line:

Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art

Accession Number:

2018-50-1-a,b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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/kq4a92b6d67-f888-4603-a7d2-4c6dfa90cade

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_2018-50-1-a_b