IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118101
accession number:	T.12-1985

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Canvas, ground unworked, design worked in polychrome silks in tent stitch;  details and outlining in gilt metallic thread in stem stitch.  Ruyi symbol at top, lotus plant design on each side.  Case partially lined with cream silk, stiffened with board.  Sewn-in end of blue silk.  Side edges and tops bound with blue and cream woven silk ribbon.   Flat cream cord with two pink glass beads.
title:	fan case

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Col. Leonard C. Messel, the Countess of Rosse, his daughter


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/118101





TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Maximum Length
units: cm
value: 31.5