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Folding fan: M.197-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan, cream gauze, single leaf, decorated with pierced and frosted stamped gilt-metal paillettes imitating filigree (22), and cut steel cornflower sprays attached by black thread; gold binding on the upper edge. Sticks and guards of pierced and gilt copper or brass (12+2) nail rivet with blue-black washers. The gold panels, each overlaid by a cut steel, are arranged as a border at the top of the leaf; the rest of the cut steels are arranged in vertical rows of three between sticks. The reverse is undecorated.

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 Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Production date: circa AD 1800 : Small sprigs of flowers werer fashionable as porcelain decoration and on lace and textiles during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Panels composed of metal ( gilt) steel
Sticks+guards composed of copper or brass
Leaf composed of gauze
Guards Length 16.1 cm
Panels+sticks+guards

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.197-1985
Primary reference Number: 117782
Old catalogue number: DR 6/114
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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