There are 2 other images of this object. This object has no known copyright, and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.
Object Timeline
-0001 |
|
1958 |
|
2013 |
|
2014 |
|
2018 |
|
Cockade Fan (possibly France), ca. 1850
This is a Cockade fan. It is dated ca. 1850 and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is brocaded silk leaves, pierced bone handle and sticks, metal rivet with mother-of-pearl washer. It is a part of the Textiles department.
This object was
donated by
Lea S. Luquer and
catalogued by
Alice S. Erskine and Elizabeth K. Leonard.
It is credited Gift of Lea S. Luquer.
- Brisé Cockade Fan (USA), ca. 1865
- drilled vulcanized rubber, silk ribbon.
- Gift of Mrs. Henry Woodward Haynes.
- 1951-106-3
Its dimensions are
H x diam. (open): 45.7 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.)
Cite this object as
Cockade Fan (possibly France), ca. 1850; brocaded silk leaves, pierced bone handle and sticks, metal rivet with mother-of-pearl washer; H x diam. (open): 45.7 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.); Gift of Lea S. Luquer; 1958-148-2


Collections in Motion: Cockade Fan
Demonstration of a cockade fan from the Cooper Hewitt Museum collection, shown opening and closing. The word "cockade" in this sense refers to the fact that the fan opens to a full circle.