Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, double leaf of cream silk decorated with inset criss-crossed gut, silver foil ribbon, silver sequins and painted gold dots. The upper edge has a silver binding. Sticks of pierced and silvered ivory, backed with mother-of-pearl; guards of pierced, carved and silvered ivory backed with mother-of-pearl (12+2). Rivet set with clear pastes. The criss-crossed gut forms fifty-two oval peepholes in vertical groups of four, edged with silver foil ribbon, between which are wavy lines of sequins attached by stitching. Along the top there is a wavy line of sequins and gold dots.
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#
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
Leaf
composed of
silk
( cream)
foil
( silver ribbon)
sequins
( silver)
Sticks+guards
composed of
mother-of-pearl
ivory
Guards
Length 27.3 cm
Accession number: M.152-1985
Primary reference Number: 117737
Old catalogue number: DR 29/372
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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