Collections in Motion: Articulated Fan

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Demonstration of an unusual fan from the Cooper Hewitt Museum collection. The fan is shown opening, closing, and two mechanical portraits are shown in operation, showing a tiny man and woman waving their own miniature fans. The portraits are painted in the "guards" of the fan and protected with glass.

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Pleated Fan (France)
parchment leaf painted with gouache; pierced and gilded ivory sticks with glass.
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-116

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 9 images and 1 video of this object.