IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118047
accession number:	M.7-1836

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 12 January 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Folding fan, with paper leaf painted in colours and gilt. Sticks of ivory inlaid with mother-of-pearl and piqué in silver. The guards are carved in relief with geometrical shapes inlaid with mother-of-pearl with piqué borders.  The sticks are pierced with diaper pattern and carved in relief with a lady and gentleman dancing on either side of a tree, flanked by stylized plants and buildings, enclosed in a scroll border and geometrical shapes inlaid with mother-of-pearl with piqué borders.  The leaf is painted with a mythological scene: Hera/Juno, Hermes/Mercury, and Io in the shape of a cow.  Border of foliage and tassels with gilt edge.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Miss Whitehurst, Hertford


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
creditline: Given by Miss Whitehurst

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118047

PEOPLE
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Venus
Mercury
Ino

SUBJECTS
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cow
cow



CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1790 - 1790
creation date earliest:	1790
creation date latest:	1790
culture:	18th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 48