IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117993 accession number: M.411-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan of double leaf paper, of assymetrical design. The front leaf is decorated with a floral spray and butterflies, painted in red on brown silk(?) leaf; the reverse leaf design is an assymetrical copy of this design, outlined in red. The wooden sticks and guards (18+2) are lacquered brown, decorated in painted gold with chinese garden scenes, bordered with flowers and leaves. Brass alloy (?) rivet with a brown loop and two brown silk tassels. 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/117993 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne TECHNIQUES ---------- painting CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1860 - 1860 creation date earliest: 1860 creation date latest: 1860 culture: 19th Century, third quarter# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Fans of Imperial China ---