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Folding fan: M.266-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan of double "chickenskin" and silk, decorated in colours with a Biblical scene.
Ivory sticks and guards, varnished to 'age' them. Paste rivet.

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

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Rivet composed of paste
Leaf composed of silk chicken skin
Sticks, Guards composed of varnish ivory
Guards Length 31.4 cm

Techniques used in production

Coloured

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.266-1985
Primary reference Number: 117851
Old catalogue number: DR 30/399
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 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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