IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117719 accession number: M.134-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 2 June 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Double leaf of paper (or chicken skin?), both sides painted in bodycolour on a gold background; gold binding on upper edge. Sticks of ivory, pierced, painted and gilt on the front and pique with gold on the back. Guards of ivory, pierced, painted crimson and decorated with gold pique point. (18+2) Rivet with two mother-of-pearl washers. Front: A mounted man shooting with a bow and arrow at a bird, and standing man holding a hawk on his right wrist, accompanied by a hound; to the left there are rocks and flowering trees with a butterfly above, and to the right banana leaves, and a tree which curves over the heads of the figures. Reverse: A man waving a large sword at a butterfly. Sticks: Four cartouches decorated alternately with flowers on a plain ground and a Chinese figure reserved in a crimson ground, above, alternating lions and pigs, separated by plants with red flowers. Guards: Formal plant and geometric design in white, outlined in gold pique point and reserved in the crimson ground. object type: Double leaf of paper (or chicken skin?), both sides painted in bodycolour on a gold background; gold binding on upper edge. Sticks of ivory, pierced, painted and gilt on the front and pique with gold on the back. Chinoiserie design title: folding 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/117719 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1710 - 1720 creation date earliest: 1710 creation date latest: 1720 culture: 18th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- The Fan ---