IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117606 accession number: M.20-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 22 November 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Single leaf of kid, painted in polychrome bodycolour with remnants of gilding on the lower edge. Sticks of ivory, pierced, carved, inlaid with etched/engraved mother-of-pearl plaques edged by silver piqué point. Guards inlaid with etched mother-of-pearl and silver piqué point, the head strengthened with mother-of-pearls. Rivet set with a pink paste. Front: painted overall with the Coronation of Maria de'Medici after Rubens. Reverse: undecorated. Sticks: pierced with a diaper pattern and carved with a, lady and gentleman seated on either side of the central motif: an oval mother-of-pearl plaque etched with a gentleman offering a heart to a seated lady. Arranged symmetrically above and on either side there are five stars, a crescent, fur diamonds, two ovals, two circular and two heart shapes, four bees and two baskets of fruit of etched mother-of-pearl, all outlined in silver piqué point. Guards: inlaid with flowers, foliage and a bird etched mother-0of-pearl framed by silver piqué point and having at the top a crown in silver piqué point. object type: Single kid leaf painted in bodycolour and gold with the Coronation of Maria de'Medici after Rubens; ivory sticks and guards inlaid with mother-of-pearl and silver piqué point. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Messel-Rosse Collection creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117606 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne SUBJECTS ------------------- Coronation of Maria de' Medici coronation Coronation of Maria de' Medici coronation CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1720 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1720 culture: 18th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Width units: cm value: 52