IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117837
accession number:	M.252-1985

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Double paper leaf, printed in black, painted in water-colours and gilt.  Sticks and guards of shaped and pierced bone (18+2), guards originally gilt.  Rivet with ivory washer.  Front:  In the centre, an altar surmounted by a lyre flanked by doves, with above 'Abanico de los Cortejos'.  On the left, a gentleman with a lady on each side, with above 'Con que  ayre y gusto marchan\Las Damas por el pasco, Acompanadas y viendo/En su abanico el Cortejo.'    On the right, a gentleman with a lady on each side, with above 'Este es el nuevo Abanico,/De la moda del Cortejo, Senoritas a comparlo,/Cavalleros a ofrecerlo.'  Border of kidney shapes, quatrefoils, ovals and dots in maroon and gold.  Reverse:  Undecorated.  Sticks and guards:  pierced by simple pointed and semi-circular shapes.
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/117837

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:	1760 - 1790
creation date earliest:	1760
creation date latest:	1790
culture:	18th Century, second half#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown