IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118112
accession number:	T.23-1985

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pink silk damask embroidered with couched green silk and silver metallic thread.  Ruyi symbol at top; trailing stem with leaves, flowers and peaches, bat and Buddhist wheel;  both sides similar.  Case lined with blue silk damask, stiffened with thin board, tops and edges bound with blue and cream woven ribbon;  sewn-in end of similar pink damask.  Flat green silk 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/118112





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: 32.8