IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117776
accession number:	M.191-1985

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, single leaf of cream silk, embroidered with gold metallic thread, white and pink silk and with gold sequins attached by red silk.  Sticks and guards of ivory, pierced, silvered, gilt and set with cut steels (18+2).  Rivet set with cut steels (18+2).  Rivet set with green pastes.  In the centre, a lamp standing on a rectangular pedestal decorated with fringes and tassels, flanked by stylized floral sprays.  Above these sit three rows of sequins and four groups of scalloped fringes.  The upper and lower edges have 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:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117776

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	19th Century, Early#
culture:	First Republic (Consulate)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown