Four Scenes Fan
Maker: Unknown
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.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Late#
Circa
1785
CE
-
Circa
1790
CE
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.
Sticks, Guards
composed of
sequins
bone
Leaf
composed of
paper
Guards
Length 28.1 cm
Accession number: M.284-1985
Primary reference Number: 117869
Old catalogue number: DR 7/122
Old object number: 327
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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