Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Pleated fan. Parchment leaf gilded and painted in watercolors. Obverse: birth scene in woodland setting with mother reclining on couch while the child is washed and attended by maidens. At right, river gods. Reverse: a central cartouche portrays Venus and Cupid in a landscape setting. Carved and gilt mother-of-pearl sticks with gold and silver foil. At center, two couples sitting beneath an arcade, surrounded by putti and scrolls.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Anonymous Donor
- late 18th–early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1952-161-205
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- costume & accessories
- Pleated fan
- Medium
- Gilded parchment leaf painted in watercolors, carved and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks with gold and silver foil
- Dimensions
- H x W (open): 27 x 50.2 cm (10 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1952-161-205
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49cb9179e-6b2f-4f5b-8c56-5d0f09620682
