IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117837 accession number: M.252-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Double paper leaf, printed in black, painted in water-colours and gilt. Sticks and guards of shaped and pierced bone (18+2), guards originally gilt. Rivet with ivory washer. Front: In the centre, an altar surmounted by a lyre flanked by doves, with above 'Abanico de los Cortejos'. On the left, a gentleman with a lady on each side, with above 'Con que ayre y gusto marchan\Las Damas por el pasco, Acompanadas y viendo/En su abanico el Cortejo.' On the right, a gentleman with a lady on each side, with above 'Este es el nuevo Abanico,/De la moda del Cortejo, Senoritas a comparlo,/Cavalleros a ofrecerlo.' Border of kidney shapes, quatrefoils, ovals and dots in maroon and gold. Reverse: Undecorated. Sticks and guards: pierced by simple pointed and semi-circular shapes. 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/117837 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1760 - 1790 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1790 culture: 18th Century, second half CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown