Handscreen

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Paper handscreen painted with a scene of four children playing 'blind man's bluff' inside a Rococo cartouche. Mounted on a turned wood handle. Verso: purple flowers painted on a yellow ground.
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
mid-18th century
Accession Number
1911-28-138
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
costume & accessories
Handscreen
Medium
Painted paper leaf, turned wood handle
possibly made in
France, Europe
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Textiles Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1911-28-138
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq406728c05-d361-4ae2-9391-1d6db863613f
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