Folding fan: M.249-1985

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Folding fan

Categories

Fans

Description

Double paper leaf, hand-coloured with applied mezzotint. The central section of the front shows three seperate group scenes and the reverse, a smaller scene of a grape harvest. The bone sticks and guards are pierced, carved, silvered, gilt and painted; the upper section of the guard has additional decoration of gilt metal and, on the obverse only, a framed mirror.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

19th Century, second half#
Circa 1850 - Circa 1880

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Guard composed of mirror ( obverse)
Guards composed of gilt metal ( upper section) Length 29.7 cm
Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of gilt bone paint

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint
Hand colouring

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.249-1985
Primary reference Number: 117834
Old catalogue number: DR 11/162
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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