IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118103
accession number:	T.14-1985

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Yellow satin embroidered with polychrome silks in Pekinese, long and short, and stem stitch with some French knots.  Silver metallic thread (tarnished) in Pekinese stitch and couched.  Flowers and foliage (iris, prunus, tree peony) with two butterflies on one side;  branches of wistaria with two birds (jays?) on the other.  Case partially lined with blue satin, stiffened with thin board.  Sewn-in end of matching yellow satin.  Side edges and tops bound with black and cream woven ribbon.  Flat brown cord 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 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/118103





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: 29.6