Pleated mourning fan
Pleated mourning fan
Duvelleroy, Paris, France, founded 1827. 1885–90. Silk crepe leaf, painted wood guards and sticks inlaid with black spangles, guards cut à jour, horn washer and metal loop at the rivet, silk ribbon. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Pleated mourning fanObject type
Pleated mourning fan is a type of object named in the museum catalogue.
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Pleated mourning fan
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SilkMaterial
Silk recorded in the object's medium.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum supplies “Silk crepe leaf, painted wood guards and sticks inlaid with black spangles, guards cut à jour, horn washer and metal loop at the rivet, silk ribbon” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk crepe leaf, painted wood guards and sticks inlaid with black spangles, guards cut à jour, horn washer and metal loop at the rivet, silk ribbon
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
WoodMaterial
Wood is a material named in the museum catalogue.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum supplies “Silk crepe leaf, painted wood guards and sticks inlaid with black spangles, guards cut à jour, horn washer and metal loop at the rivet, silk ribbon” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk crepe leaf, painted wood guards and sticks inlaid with black spangles, guards cut à jour, horn washer and metal loop at the rivet, silk ribbon
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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