IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117728 accession number: M.143-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 6 September 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Double leaf paper leaf painted in water colours and gold and decorated with mica inserts, applied straw and feathers. Sticks of painted and gilt ivory. Guards of ivory strengthened with tortoiseshell at the head end and overlaid above the shoulder by painted wood decorated with applied feathers. (14+2) Rivet of brass? Front: A house of courtesans comprising a series of buildings with 32 mica windows painted with figures. In the foreground, seven larger scale figures, two holding mica fans painted with a bird; another figure behind the house holds a mica fan painted with a figure. In the background, three flowering trees, the one in the centre having feathered flowers. Back: A Chinese lady standing beside a bare tree and a Chinese lady seated beside a bare tree. Sticks: Painted with a flowering tree, a man and a lady standing on each side of a vase, and a butterfly hovering over a flowering plant. Guards: Ivory plain, wood decorated in green paint and feathers with six swimming ducks, one above the other facing in opposite directions. 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 Museum. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117728 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1750 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1750 culture: 18th Century, Mid CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Fans from the Fitzwilliam. A Selection from the Messel-Rosse Collection Fans from the East The East through Occidental Eyes, Chinoiserie Fans in the Messel-Rosse Collection The Fan ---