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Folding fan: M.244-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan, double paper leaf, lithographed, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Sticks and guards of pierced, carved and gilt ivory, the latter backed with gold (18+2). Rivet of brass; washer of mother-of-pearl. Pastoral scene on the front and back.

Folding fan, double paper leaf, lithographed, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Sticks and guards of pierced, carved and gilt ivory, the latter backed with gold (18+2). Rivet of brass; washer of mother-of-pearl. Front: in the centre, in front of a rock, a woman is sitting on the ground with an open book of music on her lap; behind her a standing couple, to her right a man with a stick and a woman sitting on the ground. On the left, under a tree, sits a shepherdess with sheep being courted by a young man. On the right, next to a pedestal a sitting couple and a young woman pulling down flowers on the pedestal are worked. There is a stream in the foreground with two sheep lying on the bank. Scrolling gold foliage and flowers on a dark ground flanks the scene. The top edging is of gold foil and scrolls; the lower border has a gold line. Back: a couple is sitting under a tree, two wreaths above the woman's head, children are playing in the foreground on a bank and people are dancing in the background on the left. There is a building in the background on the right, partly covered by forest. The scene is bordered by scrolling foliage on the top. Sticks: The sticks are decorated with horizontal, vertical and diagonal stripes and there are five symmetrically set cartouches with flowers; the first and last sticks are applied with gold foil. Guards: Both guards are decorated in a similar way; there are leaf shapes on the shoulder, flowers and zigzag patterns on the guard proper.

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

19th Century, Mid#
Production date: circa AD 1850 : the sticks are 18th century

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper bodycolour gilt
Guards composed of gold Length 27.0 cm
Sticks+guards composed of ivory

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.244-1985
Primary reference Number: 117829
Old catalogue number: none
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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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