Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, sticks of bone, pierced and painted with bodycolour and lacquer with applied,stamped gold spangles. Ribbon of green moiré. Guards of carved and painted ivory, thumb guard of tortoiseshell (27+2). Rivet of iron and washer of horn. Front: the upper part is pierced with different patterns in four zones, seperated by rows of different spangles and decorated with eleven miniature portraits on ovals in the middle; on the bottom, a little chinoiserie with four circus acrobats. The ribbon is fixed on top of the sticks. Back: two rows of leaf, flower and snail spangles and a chinoiserie with three figures on the bottom (Indistinct trees in the medallions). Guards: both are decorated in a similar way: a lozenge, a burning heart on a blue roughened background, a man in an oval and a shell on a rough blue surface. The reverse of the guards are decorated with sprays of flowers and a Chinese figure.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
European, possibly Dutch
In common with very early brisé fans, this fan has the connecting ribbon on the top edge.
Sticks
composed of
spangles
( gold)
bone
Ribbon
composed of
moiré
( green)
Rivet
composed of
iron
Washer
composed of
horn
Thumbguard
composed of
tortoise shell
Guards
composed of
ivory
Length 21.6 cm
Sticks+guards
Accession number: M.349-1985
Primary reference Number: 117934
Old catalogue number: DR 22/279
Old object number: 392
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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