Corradino Fan
Manufacturer: Fdo. Coustellier & Cie
Folding fan, double leaf, chicken skin on the back and paper on the front, printed in black, painted in watercolours and gilt. Sticks of carved and pierced ivory inlaid with cut steel sequins. Guards of carved and pierced ivory overlaid with engraved steel plates and clouté with steels. Music and figures on front, pseudo-Turkish scene on back.
Folding fan, double leaf, chicken skin on the back and paper on the front, printed in black, painted in watercolours and gilt. Sticks of carved and pierced ivory inlaid with cut steel sequins. Guards of carved and pierced ivory overlaid with engraved steel plates and clouté with steels; the head is strengthened with mother-of-pearl. (16+2) Steel rivet with ivory washers. Front: in the middle, a bearded man in a long furred gown addresses three young ladies, standing in a landscape with trees at the sides. Above in gold, the title 'Corradino' is printed. The rest of the leaf, including the area over the title is occupied by the music and the words of the song in Italian and Spanish. The left, upper and right edges have a formal border incorporating stylised flowers, leaves and half rosettes in gold and black. The lower right corner is inscribed 'FC.No 481 1/2'. Back: a pseudo-Turkish scene of two girls dancing with a scarf while a man seated beside a palm tree plays a stringed instrument. Inscribed below 'Belleville No 280'. On either side there is a spray of stylised flowers and foliage in gold, pink and red. The upper edge has a border of gold S-scrolls, floral sprays and interlacing semi-circles; the left and right edges have gold S-scrolls; and the lower edge a continuous stem of leaves. Sticks and Guards: unusual piercing, so that when closed it is possible to see through the guards and sticks.
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
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, second quarter#
Louis-Phillipe I
Production date:
circa
AD 1830
On the front are the music and words in Italian and Spanish of a song entitled CORRADINO. The lower right corner is marked 'FC.No 481 1/2'. On the reverse is a pseudo Turkish scene, and floral sprays marked below, 'Belleville No.280.'
The firm of Fdo. Coustellier & Cie of Paris had an extensive export trade with Spain, and in 1829 founded a branch there. Corradino was one of two alternative titles for Rossini's opera, Mathilde de Shabran, first performed in Rome in 1821.
Guards
composed of
steel
( plates)
mother-of-pearl
Length 21.6 cm
Leaf
composed of
paper
watercolours
chicken skin
gilt
ink
Sticks
composed of
steel sequins
Sticks+guards
composed of
ivory
Accession number: M.40-1985
Primary reference Number: 117626
Old catalogue number: DR 22/280
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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