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Maker: Stagni, Francesco
Trompe l'oeil folding fan, drawn and painted on chicken skin. Sticks and guards are made of ivory and pierced gilt. Dated 1771 on front and back and signed by Francesco Stagni. The design includes a circular vignette with two young boys holding a branch and what looks like a plough. The remainder of the fan is decorated with overlapping drawings, and strings of coloured pearls on a pink diamond trellis background. The overall design gives the impression of a desk scattered with paper. The design on the back includes a drawing of a letter, headed 'Bologna, June 1771', and is signed 'Gaspare Lamar'.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
Width: 52.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, third quarter#
Production date:
AD 1771
Leaf
composed of
bodycolour
( polychrome)
chicken skin
Sticks+guards
composed of
gilt
ivory
Guards
Length 28.4 cm
Accession number: M.2-1985
Primary reference Number: 117588
Old catalogue number: DR 21/272
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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