IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117944
accession number:	M.360-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Double paper leaf 'Applied faces' fan with sticks and guards of engraved mother-of-pearl.  Double paper leaf: the front shows a crowd of people in the scene, with clothes of woven silk applied to the paper background and faces of painted, applied ivory.  Reverse: all of the people are male only.  
Sticks and guards of engraved mother-of-pearl (14+2); loop and double, silk (?) tassel. Made for the European market.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-92)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Messel-Rosse Collection
creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117944

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




TECHNIQUES
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painting

CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1820 - 1860
creation date earliest:	1820
creation date latest:	1860
culture:	19th Century, Mid#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown