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Four Scenes Fan: M.284-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Four Scenes Fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Double paper leaf that opens four ways, painted in bodycolour to show either a lady or a gentleman of fashion on four different grounds; pink, lavender, blue and grey. The sticks and guards are of bone, inlaid with sequins.

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, Late#
Circa 1785 CE - Circa 1790 CE

Note

The elaborate and fragile method of attachment is by two rows of invisibly placed chickenskin "ribbon" just below the painted border "ribbon". This must be almost unique in its original state.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Sticks, Guards composed of sequins bone
Leaf composed of paper
Guards Length 28.1 cm

Materials used in production

Bodycolour

Techniques used in production

Painting

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.284-1985
Primary reference Number: 117869
Old catalogue number: DR 7/122
Old object number: 327
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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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