Pleated Fan And Box (France), ca. 1880, circa 1880

Pleated fan with black silk leaf. Obverse: scene of a fairy and three cupids surrounded by gauze-like drapery. Reverse: plain. Sticks and guards are plain tortoise shell. Plain metal pin with black silk and fancy tassel. Date: circa 1880. Dimensions: H x W (open): 34.9 x 62.9 cm (13 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.). Medium: gouache, silk. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.