IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117944 accession number: M.360-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Double paper leaf 'Applied faces' fan with sticks and guards of engraved mother-of-pearl. Double paper leaf: the front shows a crowd of people in the scene, with clothes of woven silk applied to the paper background and faces of painted, applied ivory. Reverse: all of the people are male only. Sticks and guards of engraved mother-of-pearl (14+2); loop and double, silk (?) tassel. Made for the European market. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-92) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Messel-Rosse Collection creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117944 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne TECHNIQUES ---------- painting CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1820 - 1860 creation date earliest: 1820 creation date latest: 1860 culture: 19th Century, Mid# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown