IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118118 accession number: T.29-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 22 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Red satin embroidered with couched silver metallic thread; blue silk thread couched or held between metal threads. Ruyi symbol at top, small repeating trellis pattern, both sides similar. Case partially lined with blue satin, stiffened with board; top and edges bound with blue and cream ribbon with narrow yellow and white piping along inner edge. Sewn-in (now almost detatched) end of blue satin. Round yellow cord with two knotted beads of silver metallic 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/118118 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: 31