IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117587
accession number:	M.1-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 26 March 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Folding fan with double paper leaf, painted in bodycolour and gilt.  Sticks of pierced and carved ivory; guards of carved ivory, the head strengthened with mother-of-pearl (17+2).  Rivet set with clear paste. Front:  Ladies and gentlemen in an outdoor setting with an ornamental building in the background.  On the left, a lady curtseys to a gentleman who holds her right hand; in the middle, a lady holding a basket of flowers observes a gentleman presenting a posy to a lady seated beside a billiard table; on the right, a lady and gentleman are playing billiards. The ladies are wearing ornate mantuas.  The upper edge has a border of pink, maroon and turquoise compartments painted in colours and gold with chinoiserie landscapes with flowers, oriental flowers and a fence, shells, and sprays of foliage.  On the left side and lower edge there are narrow maroon borders with gilt ornament.  Back:  in the middle, a lady and gentleman are seated in a landscape.  She has a book of music on her knee, and he holds a cane in his left hand.  The upper edge has a border of compartments decorated with gold ornament on red, green, maroon grounds.  Sticks:  in the middle, a lady and gentleman are seated within a shaped cartouche with a diapered ground, framed by scrolls, surmounted by a bowl of fruit, and flanked by scrolling floral sprays.  The reverse is undecorated.  Guards:  carved in low relief on a hatched ground, a bust, a sunflower, a peacock perching on a flower, a gentleman playing a viol and a shell.  The reverse is undecorated.
object type: Folding fan with double paper leaf, painted in bodycolour and gilt.  Sticks of pierced and carved ivory; guards of carved ivory, the head strengthened with mother-of-pearl (17+2).  Fan depicts a game of billiards.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)


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/117587

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne

SUBJECTS
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billiard table
billiard table



CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1740 - 1740
creation date earliest:	1740
creation date latest:	1740
culture:	18th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 45



CITATIONS
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Fans from the Fitzwilliam. A Selection from the Messel-Rosse Collection
Wachlarze Zachodu i Wschodu w zbioracg Nyzeyn Narodowego w Krakowie. Fans of the Occident and Orient in the Collection of the National Museum in Cracow
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