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Folding fan with ‘feather’-shaped palmettes: M.304 & A-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Folding fan with ‘feather’-shaped palmettes

Maker(s)

Maker: Deroise

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Description

Folding fan with ‘feather’-shaped palmettes. Carved bone and stiffened silk, decorated with gilt sequins.
With original box, stamped 'Deroise'.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2081

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

19th Century
Circa 1845 CE - Circa 1850 CE

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 fans 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 fan is unusual in having its original elegantly-shaped and decorated box, which is stamped with the retailer’s name and address: ‘Deroise. Bte. 29 Gie Montpensier Palais Royal Paris’. This shop was located in the most famous and fashionable shopping arcade in Paris, known as the ‘Galeries de bois’, which sold luxury goods at relatively high prices to the aristocracy and well-to-do middle classes.

Components of the work

Leaf composed of silk ( stiffened) sequins gilt
Sticks composed of bone
Sequins

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.304 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204874
Sale number: 2081
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 29 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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