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Folding fan: M.275-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan of paper, double leaf. Painted in blue and pink, with a lady and gentleman in a landscape of an island in a lake. On the reverse is a tree.
Sticks of wood and bone, alternating in blue and silver. Guards of painted and pierced wood and bone, backed with foil.

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 1760

Note

If German, probably Spa

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Guards composed of foil ( backing) Length 27.1 cm
Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of wood bone

Materials used in production

Paint

Techniques used in production

Painting

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.275-1985
Primary reference Number: 117860
Old catalogue number: DR 22/287
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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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