IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117693 accession number: M.108-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Brisé fan, sticks of finely pierced, painted and gilt ivory; guards of finely pierced and gilt ivory (20+2). Ribbon of cream coloured textile. Rivet of gilt metal, washer of stamped gilt metal. Front: there are three circular, gold bordered medallions, the middle of which is surrounded by a blue trapezoid shaped ribbon with a gold fern-like border; the central scene has a village beside a lake with mountains in the background and two big trees on the bank; a road with groups of people winds towards the village. On each side there is a circular medallion painted in grisaille with figures in classical dress; on the left a woman sitting at tables and a man with a helmet; on the right a standing woman. The sticks and guards are shaped to resemble Gothic pinnacles and pierced to resemble lace. On the ribbon zone there are gold quatrefoils. On each stick there is a small, circular medallion painted in grisaille on a green, purple background to resemble cameos. Guards: Both decorated in the same way: flowers on the bottom, a diapered lozenge, flowers, a triangle, a net pattern and a gold flower decoration on top. title: brisé fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- 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 ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117693 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1820 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1820 culture: 19th Century, Early# culture: Napoleon I or Louis XVIII CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Une des plus belles collections d'eventails du monde ---