Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, double paper leaf, painted and spattered in watercolour, decorated with appliquéd painted pink silk and green, yellow, red and brown straw and gilt. Sticks and guards of pierced ivory (20+2), the upper end of the latter is also carved in low relief, gilt and backed with red silk. Rivet set with two clear pastes. Front: a chinoiserie scene comprising a seated china man beside a flowering shrub, a tree in a barrel, a group of three china men, two seated and one standing and a tree beside a pavilion. On all edges there is a border of continuous wavy foliage in gold. Reverse: A spray of four different flowering branches. Sticks: unusual type, comprising narrow rectangular blades pierced with vertical rectangular openings (2 1 2 1) separated by horizontal bars. When closed they form a cylinder with openings through it. Occasionally this form of stick-bunching is called 'Chippendale'. Guards: the lower part en suite with the sticks; the upper part carved with two hounds, a diaper panel, a gentleman playing the flute and a floral spray in a C-scroll.
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, third quarter#
Circa
1750
CE
-
Circa
1775
CE
When closed the sticks and guards from a cylinder with vertical piercing.
Appliqué
composed of
straw (plant material)
( green, yellow, red and brown)
silk
( pink)
Guards
composed of
silk
( red)
Length 28.5 cm
Leaf
composed of
paper
watercolours
Width 47 cm
Sticks+guards
composed of
ivory
Accession number: M.150-1985
Primary reference Number: 117735
Old catalogue number: DR 30/393
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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