Maker: Unknown
Ivory sticks and guards with arched serrated ends (23+2), pieced and painted in bodycolour. Cream silk ribbon. Steel rivet with ivory washers. The central section of the fan opens four ways, showing four scenes:
l. A young woman with a basket of flowers over her right
arm, seated under a tree in a garden.
2. A youth playing a lyre, seated under a tree in a
landscape.
3. A peasant girl with a pot on her head, walking in a
wooded landscape with a barn in the background.
4. A basket of flowers, including pansies and roses.
Sticks: The pierced design comprising zig-zags formed by vertical lines, ogees and stylized plants is arranged in horizontal bands on either side of the central panel. Above the ribboning there are three plants motifs on each stick.
Guards: Vertical stylized plant sprays with two rosettes at the top
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1790
-
Circa
1820
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( cream)
Sticks+guards
composed of
bodycolour
Rivet
composed of
steel
Sticks+guards+washer
composed of
ivory
Guards
Length 15.5 cm
Accession number: M.126-1985
Primary reference Number: 117711
Old catalogue number: DR 3/26
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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