IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118116 accession number: T.27-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 22 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Dark blue satin embroidered with silver metallic thread, couched and Pekinese stitch. Ruyi symbol at top, character for 'long life' alternating with another character, six characters in same arrangement on each side. Case lined with pale blue satin, tops and edges bound with blue and cream woven ribbon; sewn-in end of dark blue damask. Round cream cord with two knotted beads of 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 the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118116 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: 30.1