IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118104 accession number: T.15-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Faded red satin embroidered with polychrome silks in satin, long and short and stem stitch; couched gilt metallic thread. Ruyi symbol at top. Tree peony (?), peacock on rocks on one side; water, grasses, flowers and two cockerels on other side. Sewn-in end of matching silk; side edges and tops bound with blue and cream woven ribbon. Case lined with blue silk. Flat yellow cord with two pink glass beads. title: fan case NOTES ----- type: history note value: Col. Leonard C. Messel, the Countess of Rosse, his daughter 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/118104 TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1899 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Maximum Length units: cm value: 29.7