IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118110 accession number: T.21-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 ----- 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 t he Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118110 TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1999 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1999 culture: 19th Century-20th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Maximum Length units: cm value: 30