IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117973 accession number: M.389-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan of paper, double leaf. The front is decorated in the 'applied faces' style and bordered with a floral garland on a red background. The reverse shows a large, central scene of a couple, a cavalier and lady, walking in a parkland setting. The reverse border is decorated in gold leaf with flowers, leaves and floral sprays on a pink or bodycolour (?) ground. Pierced, enamelled, and gilded lower sticks (gorge) and guards. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-92) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- 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 ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117973 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne TECHNIQUES ---------- painting CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1880 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1880 culture: 18th Century, Late-19th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown