1592999728000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-117885 1747246363698 1714399824000 1747245848890 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-117885 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117885 265ef0ef-124f-3e5c-90fb-93a21ee602c0 7 reference agent-172857 adlib-agent-172857 a14cf9de-dd26-3013-a9b8-9dc60ae6ebf6 Messel, Leonard reference agent-172856 adlib-agent-172856 71f39a0b-c347-3d6b-9888-73f17b5c827f Countess of Rosse, Anne reference term-109696 adlib-term-109696 e6dde16e-97a0-3438-855e-c9c6d5660622 fans reference term-119657 adlib-term-119657 474b5499-0c66-3055-bf46-3abe0955889e Messel-Rosse Collection reference term-106211 adlib-term-106211 a643b236-c3c1-3854-ba79-8c4da8aa6dfc watercolour reference term-106241 adlib-term-106241 ad99470e-9e8a-379d-8a5c-f2ab49864f4b bodycolour Leaf 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 reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-32923 adlib-term-32923 80451834-13fc-3c48-9d3a-2ecb13f8d1b2 mother-of-pearl Length cm 27.1 Guards reference term-119935 adlib-term-119935 0cbb5d67-28e9-3714-b0b9-a4d1b8b1508a backing reference term-40149 adlib-term-40149 89c91a11-c946-3355-a7f0-e9d757f7a1d5 ivory Sticks+guards reference term-26483 adlib-term-26483 c5756b64-2720-3558-9d90-98bd4a27592f piercing reference term-26645 adlib-term-26645 b8256a0d-cf06-3639-baaf-05518b54c60e cutting (dividing) reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving Applied Arts 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. M.300-1985 1 accession number M.300-1985 117885 priref 117885 1985 1985 1985 Messel-Rosse Collection old catalogue number DR /369 1985 1985 1985 N. Armstrong number on arrival old object number 343 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117885 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117885 front leaf painting la mari moderne title reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-172856 adlib-agent-172856 71f39a0b-c347-3d6b-9888-73f17b5c827f Countess of Rosse, Anne 1985 1985 1985-01-28 bought Entry date: 1985-01-28 1780 1780 circa 1780 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-120938 adlib-term-120938 c35cfc87-9641-3612-b389-5f64731043cc 18th Century, Late reference term-14265 adlib-term-14265 b9f6d73e-26ce-3588-a519-976c2cc93f7f Louis XVI reference term-120306 adlib-term-120306 4c444129-3d8c-340f-bfbd-b4d82e5cbd17 literal France France country France reference term-110712 adlib-term-110712 62af496a-308b-35b5-9f83-c7a0f36fba19 folding fan history note Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

reference term-110712 adlib-term-110712 62af496a-308b-35b5-9f83-c7a0f36fba19 folding fan

folding fan object OBJECT