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Fan with Chinoiserie scene: M.263-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Fan with Chinoiserie scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan with Chinoiserie scene. Depicting a woman holding a fan, looking at a bird cage, from which two birds are emerging.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on shaped ivory sticks, and carved and painted ivory guards.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 980

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1740

Note

This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 objects ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.

This is a typical mid-18th century English Chinoiserie fan, its leaf a hand-coloured etching. The costumes and scene are an English response to traditional Chinese and East Asian art, which was highly fashionable at the time, resulting in a style known as Chinoiserie. This fan has delicately carved and hand-painted ivory guards.

School or Style

Chinoiserie

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of ivory
Guards
Sticks

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.263-2015
Primary reference Number: 204831
Sale number: 980
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 28 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 October 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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