IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118110
accession number:	T.21-1985

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Red silk damask embroidered with green silk in Pekinese stitch and couched gold and silver metallic thread.  Ruyi symbol at top.  Design of trailing stem, leaves, flowers, bat, peaches, Buddhist wheel (?);  similar on both sides.  Case partially lined with green silk damask, stiffened with thin board, edges and tops bound with blue and cream woven ribbon, sewn-in end of similar red damask with embroidered stylised flower head in couched gold and silver metal thread.
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 t he Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118110





TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1999
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1999
culture:	19th Century-20th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Maximum Length
units: cm
value: 30