IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117774
accession number:	M.189-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Folding fan, double leaf of cream silk, embroidered in three shades of pink, two shades of lavender, light brown and cream silk with gilt metallic thread and with gold sequins of two shapes.  Sticks and guards of ivory, pierced, silvered and gilt (16+2).  Rivet set with clear pastes.  In the centre, a floral motif with sequin border above and on each side.  The top edge has a gold binding.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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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
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url:	http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117774





CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1815
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1815
culture:	early 19th Century
culture:	Napoleon I

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown