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Maker: Unknown
Stick: ivory carved in relief and pierced; knotted string of green silk bound in blue, with red and gold tassels, with sliding gilt paper-wrapped toggles. Rim: brocade covered. Face: polychrome silk embroidered on satin. Decorated with peacocks and orioles with flowering tree peonies, magnolias and rocks, the stick formed as flowering prunus.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Width: 26.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
After
1770
-
Before
1830
Face
composed of
silk thread
satin
String
composed of
silk
Stick
composed of
ivory
Rim
composed of
brocade
Guards
Height 40.3 cm
Accession number: O.28-1985
Primary reference Number: 118436
Old object number: 420
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Screen fan" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118436 Accessed: 2024-12-24 12:42:20
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118436
|title=Screen fan
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-24 12:42:20|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-118436
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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