IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118121 accession number: T.32-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Red satin, polychrome satin applique with small amounts of stitched detailing of water lilies. Similar design on both sides. Ruyi symbol at top. Case partially lined with blue silk, stiffened with board, tops and edges bound with blue and cream ribbon. Damaged sewn-in end of purple silk. Flat cream cord. 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 Heitage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118121 TECHNIQUES ---------- appliqué TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1900 - 1949 creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1949 culture: 20th Century, Early DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Maximum Length units: cm value: 31.2