Current Location: In storage
Titles
Le Mari Moderne Fan
Translated as: The Modern Husband Fan
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Folding fan, double skin leaf painted in bodycolour and watercolour. Sticks of pierced and cut ivory, guards of carved, cut and pierced ivory backed with mother-of-pearl (14+2) rivet set with clear pastes. Inscribed 'Le mari moderne'. Front: the centre depicts a comic scene with a lady flanked by two gentlemen, one sitting and holding his arm around her waist, the other standing, holding her hand. She is holding one end of a lead, the other end of which is fixed to her husband's nose; he is standing on the left. The ground is painted with a tree, rocks and a tree trunk on the left, and a tree and rock with the inscription 'Le mari moderne' on the right. The background is white with indistinct buildings on the right. Top and lower edging of skin. Back: A pedestal, a tree and some little rocks sit in the centre on a white background. Sticks: all sticks and the shoulder of the guards are pierced in the same way, forming little windows when the fan is closed. an eye-shaped hole in the middle is flanked by five linked dots and a lozenge flanked by two pairs of dots. Guards: both guards proper are decorated in the same way: a flower on the bottom, a quiver and a flower in an oval medallion, a bow, a standing flute player and a music trophy on top.
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
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Leaf
composed of
watercolour
bodycolour
Guards
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Length 27.1 cm
Sticks+guards
composed of
ivory
Inscription or legends present
- Text: la mari moderne
- Location: Front leaf
- Method of creation: Painting
- Type: Title
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.300-1985
Primary reference Number: 117885
Old catalogue number: DR /369
Old object number: 343
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
