IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118073 accession number: M.64-1937 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan, double paper leaf, lithographed, painted and gilt. Sticks of pierced and carved bone; guards of pierced and carved bone (12+2) rivet of brass, washer of bone, and loop of brass. Front: there is a bridge with ships in the centre with people standing and sitting on and around it in theatrical dress. On the bottom of the steps there is a group of two sitting women with a woman and a man standing behind them. On the left, two girls are making music with a lute and a harp, two children are sitting on the ground and are playing the pipe; there is also a man courting two women and a man sitting on the balustrade. On the left and right respectively there is a goat and a stag leaping through a scroll. Further left a couple and on the right three girls in front of a pedestal and bushes; in the background on the right there are trees beside the water and on the left there is a fountain and a balustrade. On the left a musical trophy has been added. The top border is of leaves and pink berries and the edging is of gold foil. Back: a coastal scene with a building flanked by bushes and bordered by opulent gold scrolls and flowers. The top edging is decorated with a gold zigzag line. Sticks: Four sticks at a time form a vase of flowers, flanked by deer and bordered by scrolling leaves and big flowers on the top corners. The reverse is undecorated. Guards: Both guards are decorated with an S-scroll on the shoulder, enclosing a rose, in the lower half and the 'Lion of Castile' in the top half. The guards proper are decorated with fruit and foliage. object type: Double paper leaf, lithographed, painted and gilt. Sticks of pierced and carved bone; guards of pierced and carved bone (12+2) rivet of brass, washer of bone, and loop of brass. Front: a bridge, people in theatrical dress, girls making music and a man courting two women. Back: a coastal scene. title: folding fan LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs Hans Gaddow STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118073 CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1870 - 1870 creation date earliest: 1870 creation date latest: 1870 culture: 19th Century, Late# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Width units: cm value: 51