IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118113
accession number:	T.24-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 22 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Lilac silk damask embroidered with blue, green and cream silks in Pekinese and satin stitch; couched gold and silver metallic thread.  On one side a vase, on the other rocks, both with trailing stems, leaves, flowers, two butterflies and a bat.  Case lined with blue satin and stiffened with thin board; tops and edges bound with cream and blue woven ribbon.  Sewn-in end of similar lilac damask.  Flat green silk cord with two 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/118113





TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1999
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1999
culture:	19th Century-20th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Maximum Length
units: cm
value: 32.5