Maker: Unknown
Folding fan of double leaf silk. With rococo panels painted with a scene of fashionable people and two swans, interspersed by inserts of machine made lace.
Sticks of engraved irony, guards of carved ivory. Gilt metal loop.
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
19th Century, Mid#
Napoleon III
Production date:
circa
AD 1850
Leaf
composed of
silk
Loop
composed of
gilt metal
Sticks, Guards
composed of
ivory
Guards
Length 27.3 cm
Sticks
Accession number: M.170-1985
Primary reference Number: 117755
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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