IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117824 accession number: M.239-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan, double skin leaf, painted in bodycolour and gilt; sticks of pierced mother-of-pearl, inlaid with silver and gold; guards of pierced mother-of-pearl inlaid with silver and gold, backed with gold (14+2). Rivet set with silver. Front: Three pairs of unusually large figures are set in a very lush landscape with a bank on the left and a forest in the background. In the centre, two women are doing needlework; on the left a woman fanning her and a little figure holding a sunshade, both reminiscent of chinoiseries. On the right, in front of her, a woman is putting one arm around a man playing lute, sitting on a pillow. The scenes are flanked by a broad gold pattern, the top border comprising a war and garden trophy, birds, a vase of flowers, flowers (all painted in gold) and some roses. The top edging is of gold foil. Back: the centre is decorated with a swallow on a pedestal flanked by sprays of roses. Sticks: a man and a woman are making music in a central cartouche. The remaining sticks are decorated symmetrically with flowers and leaves, the first and last three are linked by swags. Guards: both guards are decorated in a similar way: a lozenge with twigs set on the shoulder, a flower, a vase and swags of drapery on the guard proper. 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/117824 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1780 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1780 culture: 18th Century, second half CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown