IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118098
accession number:	T.9-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 October 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metallic thread (tarnished) in tent stitch.   Ruyi symbol at top.   Repeating geometric pattern, central lozenges with some scrolled borders enclosing calligraphy.   Case partially lined with red silk and stiffened with a thin board.   Sewn-in end of blue cotton.   Side edges and tops bound with blue and cream woven silk ribbon.   Brown cord, flat, with two pink glass beads.
title:	fan case

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Col. Leonard C. Messel, the countess of Rosse, his daughter


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 Natonal 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/118098





TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Maximum Length
units: cm
value: 30.4