IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117776 accession number: M.191-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 ----- 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/117776 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 19th Century, Early culture: First Republic (Consulate) CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown