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Giant folding fan with Aurora in her chariot: M.343-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Giant folding fan with Aurora in her chariot

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Giant folding fan with Aurora in her chariot. Paper leaf, printed in colours and hand-coloured with elaborately decorated reserves, the reverse with 'silvered' paper; pierced and fretted bone sticks and mother-of-pearl guards with silver inlay and hand-painted decoration.

Notes

History note: From the Collection of Martin Willcocks. Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 384

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
Production date: circa AD 1830

Note

The image of Aurora is derived from the same etching as an unmounted fan leaf in the collection (P.158-2015) but this one has been mounted on bone sticks and mother-of-pearl guards. With its elaborate decoration and reverse in ‘silvered’ paper, it was most likely made for the Spanish market. Journals of this time record women carrying large fans measuring around 30 cm. At 40 cm, this fan is unusually large.

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.

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks composed of bone
Guards composed of mother-of-pearl

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.343-2015
Primary reference Number: 204913
Sale number: 384
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 30 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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