Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Double leaf of silk printed and hand coloured showing a portrait bust and inscribed "Madame Fille de Louis XVI" and "Duchefse d'Angouleme" showing her coat of arms. The remainder of the leaf is embroidered with silver sequins and silvered frosted metal paillettes; the reverse is plain. The sticks and guards are of bone and are pierced and gilt, the guards having the addition of cut steels.
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
18th Century, Late
First Republic (Consulate)
Production date:
circa
AD 1799
: Marie Therese (1778-1851), only daughter of Louis XVI, married, in 1799, the Duc d'Angouleme (Louis Antoine de Bourbon, 1775-1844), eldest son of Charles X of France. This fan was probably made to commemorate the wedding.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Leaf
composed of
silk
Sticks, Guards
composed of
gilt
bone
Guards
composed of
steel
Length 17.5 cm
Paillettes
Materials used in production
silvered
Paillettes
silver
Sequins
Techniques used in production
Hand colouring
Printing
Embroidering
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.311-1985
Primary reference Number: 117896
Old catalogue number: DR 6/92
Old object number: 354
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
