1592999732000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-117926 1755194551979 1714399828000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-117926 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117926 ddb2319e-39dd-313e-97d3-be9c2f2905e5 8 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 black reference term-118722 adlib-term-118722 4f4800f9-d84e-3f97-a3d0-d00e18216dea silk probably reference term-115028 adlib-term-115028 556ae598-ff6b-3a23-86fc-6ca6ee348f2c linen reference term-106241 adlib-term-106241 ad99470e-9e8a-379d-8a5c-f2ab49864f4b bodycolour Leaf Folding fan, single black lace leaf, with black silk insertions painted in bodycolour. Sticks of spliced smoky coloured mother-of-pearl decorated with gold and silver; ribs of pierced wood, guards of spliced and smoky coloured mother-of-pearl, cut, pierced and decorated with silver and gold (16+2). Rivet of iron; washer of mother-of-pearl; loops of brass reference term-39352 adlib-term-39352 2c9e623e-b569-3e42-9417-46ec93053a27 lace reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-27589 adlib-term-27589 4cf177c4-52c5-3a11-9923-2d3d6ede7ccb weaving reference term-106692 adlib-term-106692 ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4 wood reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Ribs reference term-26483 adlib-term-26483 c5756b64-2720-3558-9d90-98bd4a27592f piercing reference term-114506 adlib-term-114506 08801a94-6b8b-3b2b-bfe2-187a7bf43425 iron Rivet reference term-32923 adlib-term-32923 80451834-13fc-3c48-9d3a-2ecb13f8d1b2 mother-of-pearl Sticks+guards reference term-25731 adlib-term-25731 eda8bc79-9d04-3435-acf0-a6e8c8811f84 decoration (process) reference term-26408 adlib-term-26408 42868267-9cc9-3bd1-b721-1c8c9e74de47 splicing reference term-40335 adlib-term-40335 80b8ec5a-ae92-3ae0-8967-f2a28e1658d4 brass (alloy) Loops Length cm 35.6 Guards Applied Arts Folding fan, single black lace leaf, with black silk insertions painted in bodycolour. Sticks of spliced, smoky-coloured mother-of-pearl decorated with gold and silver; ribs of pierced wood, guards of spliced and smoky-coloured mother-of-pearl, cut, pierced and decorated with silver and gold (16+2). Rivet of iron; washer of mother-of-pearl; loops of brass. Front: Two large shaped insertions are surrounded by bobbin lace, 'Chantilly' type, the left showing a seated young woman, with flowers in her lap, looking in a mirror and diaphanous drapery. The insertion on the right has two, flying, winged putti carrying garlands of flowers and see-through fabrics. The lace has a simple twist réseau ground; half-stitch dominates the decoration and untwisted threads the outline or cordonnet. Back: undecorated. Sticks: the sticks are decorated with two sprays of leaves and flowers. Reverse: undecorated. Guards: the front guards has a flower at the bottom of the guard proper and two flowers with leaves at the left and right edge, partly carved out; the flower and leaf arrangement on the top is partly carved out and pierced. The back guard has three spays of leaves and flowers. M.341-1985 1 accession number M.341-1985 117926 priref 117926 1985 1985 1985 N.Armstrong's list number on arrival, re-numbered on accesssion old object number 384 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117926 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117926 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 1900 1900 CE 1900 after 1900 1910 1 1910 CE 1910 before 1910 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Black lace was fashionable between the 1840s and 1860s, then declined in popularity. In the 1890s there was a revival which continued into the early 20th century. European, possibly French reference term-109008 adlib-term-109008 841b18bd-944d-3c9c-8d39-bdaabbcc28e1 20th Century, Early 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 Cf. p. 34, lot 203, a white lace fan with a reserve showing a similar woman holding a mirror with a putto similar to the lower one on the this fan below her and to the left. The figure is identified as Venus and the fan is signed 'Silvain'. Date c.1895 34 reference publication-5634 adlib-publication-5634 da6b9435-4f00-3902-9bf9-05cf7bbdf71b Eventails IV

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

folding fan object OBJECT