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Folding fan: M.347-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan of double paper, printed and coloured with for children in a garden. On the reverse in a garden scene, with a lady sketching a statue of Cupid, with a man standing behind her.
Sticks and guards of pierced and gilt ivory, the guards backed with mother-of-pearl.

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

19th Century
Production date: AD 1840

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of gilt ivory
Guards composed of mother-of-pearl Length 24.7 cm

Techniques used in production

Coloured
Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.347-1985
Primary reference Number: 117932
Old object number: 390
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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

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