Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Folding fan, double leaf of cream silk, decorated with painting, applied fabric and mother-of-pearl, gold tambour work and red, green and gold sequins. Sticks and guards of ivory, carved, pierced, silvered and gilt (13+2) rivet with one pearl washer. In the centre of the leaf a pseudo classical scene: a seated woman, a standing warrior with a shield, and a seated warrior with a shield and a spear. To the left, a military trophy, a putto and a vase of flowers amid scrolls and flowers; to the right, a flying putto, an oval portrait of a helmeted female and scrolls of flowers. The edges are painted with red scrolls and blue striations. The upper edge has a gold binding and the other sides are edged with gold. The design is outlined in colour on the back of the leaf. The carving of the sticks and guards incorporates, a standing oriental warrior, a standing Roman warrior, a seated warrior, a seated woman, a couple accompanied by a standing warrior putto and a flying putto, female and male portrait medallions, military trophies and pairs of putti with flaming urns.
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
The decoration suggests that this was possibly a Marriage fan.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Leaf
composed of
silk
( cream)
sequins
( red, green and gold)
woven textile
paint
mother-of-pearl
Width 49 cm
Washer
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Sticks And Guards
composed of
ivory
Guards
Length 25.9 cm
Stick And Guards
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.329-1985
Primary reference Number: 117914
Old catalogue number: DR 28/364
Old object number: 372
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
