Maker: Unknown
Single silk leaf, painted in bodycolour with applied, painted ivory faces for the two people and embroidered with silver and gilt sequins. The reverse has a lightly traced replication of the front design, in brown. The sticks and guards are of bone, pierced, silvered and gilt, and the guards are backed with gold foil.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, second quarter#
Circa
1830
CE
-
Circa
1840
CE
Spanish or French for the Spanish market
Guards
composed of
foil
( backing)
Length 24.0 cm
Leaf
composed of
silk
Sticks, Guards
composed of
gilt
bone
silver, gilt
Sequins
Bodycolour
Accession number: M.257-1985
Primary reference Number: 117842
Old catalogue number: DR 4/46
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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