IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117757 accession number: M.172-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan of red double silk. Embroidered with a 'bearded' design in gold and silver metal threads. Coloured silks and sequins. Sticks and guards of ebonised wood, silvered and gilt, and inlaid with cut steels. 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/117757 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne TECHNIQUES ---------- decoration (process) TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1840 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1840 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown