Maker: Unknown
Brisé fan, Ivory sticks and guards with shaped ends, pierced, painted in bodycolour and appliquéd with feathers and painted fabric (25+2). Cream silk ribbon. Steel rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. Front: painted below the ribbon with a continuous spray of leaves with tiny red flowers, with two rows of piercing above and below. Above the ribbon a wide border of butterflies and birds amidst roses, other flowers, foliage and fruit is painted; the birds and the two butterflies are appliquéd with feathers and painted fabric; the other two butterflies and the flowers heads are appliquéd with painted fabric. Reverse: undecorated.
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 Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1790
CE
-
Circa
1810
CE
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( cream)
Sticks +guards
composed of
cloth
( painted)
bodycolour
feathers
ivory
Washers
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Rivet
composed of
steel
Guards
Length 17.0 cm
Accession number: M.109-1985
Primary reference Number: 117694
Old catalogue number: DR 5/62
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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