Current Location: Gallery 34 (Fan Gallery)
Titles
Corradino Fan
Maker(s)
Manufacturer:
Fdo. Coustellier & Cie
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
Notes
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Legal notes
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1985-01-28)
by
Countess of Rosse, Anne
Dating
19th Century, second quarter#
Louis-Phillipe I
Production date:
circa
AD 1830
Note
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.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
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
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.40-1985
Primary reference Number: 117626
Old catalogue number: DR 22/280
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 19 January 2021
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
