IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118118
accession number:	T.29-1985

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Red satin embroidered with couched silver metallic thread; blue silk thread couched or held between metal threads.   Ruyi symbol at top, small repeating trellis pattern, both sides similar.  Case partially lined with blue satin, stiffened with board;  top and edges bound with blue and cream ribbon with narrow yellow and white piping along inner edge. Sewn-in (now almost detatched) end of blue satin.   Round yellow cord with two knotted beads of silver metallic thread.
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/118118





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: 31