IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117816
accession number:	M.231-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Folding fan, double leaf of greenish-white silk, decorated with an applied, circular, coloured mezzotint of two little girls and a cat in a landscape, embroidery in two shades of green, two shades of purple and cream silk, and gold sequins of two shapes.  Sticks and guards of carved, pierced, silvered and gilt mother-of-pearl (16+2).  Rivet set with clear pastes.  The central print is flanked by horizontal sprays of flowers and leaves, entwined with sequins, with small groups of sequins below and borders of sequins on all sides.  The top has a gold binding.  The sticks and guards are pierced with flowers in baskets, flaming hearts and trophies.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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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
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117816

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1830
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1830
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown