Maker: Unknown
Folding fan of silk, double leaf. Painted in gouache with a central scene of three ladies and a baby, flanked by cartouches containing pairs of doves, and a quiver and a bow. On the reverse is floral decoration.
Sticks of ivory and gold. Guards of carved and pierced ivory, gilded, and backed with mother-of-pearl.
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#
Louis XVI
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Guards
composed of
mother-of-pearl
( backing)
gilt
Length 27.7 cm
Leaf
composed of
silk
Sticks
composed of
gold
Sticks, Guards
composed of
ivory
Accession number: M.299-1985
Primary reference Number: 117884
Old catalogue number: DR 23/307
Old object number: 342
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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