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Folding fan: M.64-1937

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Double paper leaf, lithographed, painted and gilt. Sticks of pierced and carved bone; guards of pierced and carved bone (12+2) rivet of brass, washer of bone, and loop of brass. Front: a bridge, people in theatrical dress, girls making music and a man courting two women. Back: a coastal scene.

Folding fan, double paper leaf, lithographed, painted and gilt. Sticks of pierced and carved bone; guards of pierced and carved bone (12+2) rivet of brass, washer of bone, and loop of brass. Front: there is a bridge with ships in the centre with people standing and sitting on and around it in theatrical dress. On the bottom of the steps there is a group of two sitting women with a woman and a man standing behind them. On the left, two girls are making music with a lute and a harp, two children are sitting on the ground and are playing the pipe; there is also a man courting two women and a man sitting on the balustrade. On the left and right respectively there is a goat and a stag leaping through a scroll. Further left a couple and on the right three girls in front of a pedestal and bushes; in the background on the right there are trees beside the water and on the left there is a fountain and a balustrade. On the left a musical trophy has been added. The top border is of leaves and pink berries and the edging is of gold foil. Back: a coastal scene with a building flanked by bushes and bordered by opulent gold scrolls and flowers. The top edging is decorated with a gold zigzag line. Sticks: Four sticks at a time form a vase of flowers, flanked by deer and bordered by scrolling leaves and big flowers on the top corners. The reverse is undecorated. Guards: Both guards are decorated with an S-scroll on the shoulder, enclosing a rose, in the lower half and the 'Lion of Castile' in the top half. The guards proper are decorated with fruit and foliage.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs Hans Gaddow

Measurements and weight

Width: 51 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937-10-20) by Gadow, Hans, Mrs

Dating

19th Century, Late#
Production date: circa AD 1870

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper gilt
Sticks+guards composed of bone
Loop composed of brass (alloy)
Guards Length 27 cm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: "Beautiful Spanish Fan bought by Hans Gadow for his mother- about 1884-5-note the Lion of Castile on the handles-20oct 1907"
  • Location: Fixed to loop
  • Method of creation: Hand written
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.64-1937
Primary reference Number: 118073
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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