IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117984
accession number:	M.400-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Goose feather fan; edges probably tipped with marabou down; the front decorated with painted gold fruit, flowers and leaves; the reverse is undecorated.  The lower sticks (gorge) and guards are sandalwood, decorated on the front sticks and outer guards only with a painted clear and gold lacquer design.  Brass alloy (?) rivet.
title:	brisé fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-92)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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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
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117984

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




TECHNIQUES
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painting

CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1850
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1850
culture:	19th Century, first half#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown


CITATIONS
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Fans of Imperial China
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