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Folding fan: M.273-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan, double paper leaf, painted in bodycolour. Sticks of pierced, carved and painted ivory, guards of carved and painted ivory (20+2) rivet of brass and washer of mother-of-pearl. Front: A woman on the left is carrying a basket and is watching fishermen in a bay. One is standing in his boat holding a net; further in the background there are two more boats, one under sail. Trees and a building on the left flank the scene. In the background there is the sea and sailing ships; on one side of the bay there are a few houses on the right. The top edging is of gold foil. Back: a central landscape with a tree, buildings and a fence. Sticks: the central cartouche shows a dancing couple flanked by two half cartouches with baskets of fruit. Below, under two rows of patterns, a column in the centre, a man is fishing between a tree, two shells on the left, and a fountain in the shape of a dolphin, with a fox and a crane by a well on the right. The lower part of the sticks is cut to resemble a column with zigzags above and below. When the fan is closed the sticks and guards form an interesting relief pattern. Guards: both guards are decorated in a similar way with a tulip and a bud on crosshatching on the shoulder and a dancing man in the middle of the guard proper with foliage on the bottom, and foliage and a jumping deer on the top.

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, third quarter#
Production date: circa AD 1770

Note

From Northwest Europe, possibly Dutch

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper bodycolour
Washer composed of mother-of-pearl
Sticks+gaurds composed of ivory
Rivet composed of brass (alloy)
Guards Length 28.3 cm
Sticks+guards
Sticks

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.273-1985
Primary reference Number: 117858
Old catalogue number: DR 28/362
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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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