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Folding fan with David and Abigail

Image attached to M.277-1985

An image of Folding fan, with on the front, a representation of David and Abigail; on the reverse, a lamb, a bird, a butterfly and a basket of fruit.  Unknown, maker, China. Single vellum leaf painted in bodycolour and gilt. The sticks are of ivory pierced in a fishscale motif and then etched; the guards are of carved and etched ivory. Length, guards, 24.5 cm. Circa 1720 to circa 1730. Notes: The sticks and guards are Chinese and would have been exported to Europe to be mounted and decorated. The leaf and decoration are from Northwest Europe. Messel-Rosse Collection.

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Folding fan, with on the front, a representation of David and Abigail; on the reverse, a lamb, a bird, a butterfly and a basket of fruit. Unknown, maker, China. Single vellum leaf painted in bodycolour and gilt. The sticks are of ivory pierced in a fishscale motif and then etched; the guards are of carved and etched ivory. Length, guards, 24.5 cm. Circa 1720 to circa 1730. Notes: The sticks and guards are Chinese and would have been exported to Europe to be mounted and decorated. The leaf and decoration are from Northwest Europe. Messel-Rosse Collection.

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  • Accession Number: M.277-1985
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 660 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 121.64kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1

Key words

18th Century Abigail animal animals basket of fruit biblical David European fan fans Fitz_AA folding fan fruits grapes horses ivory King David Old Testament painted pierced vellum

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rgb(180,162,129), rgb(107,87,63), rgb(4,4,4), rgb(110,142,144), rgb(143,101,56), rgb(139,68,69), rgb(71,114,130), rgb(51,91,94), rgb(48,40,17), rgb(60,60,52), rgb(28,36,12)

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