IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118115 accession number: T.26-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Blue satin embroidered with red and white silks and gold metallic thread in Pekinese stitch. Ruyi symbol at top. Symbol for 'long life' repeated six times on each side. Case partially lined with black satin; tops and edges bound with blue and cream ribbon itself bound with a narrow red and white piping along the inner edge. Sewn-in end of black satin. 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/118115 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: 30.2