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Screen fan: O.28-1985

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

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.

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Width: 26.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early
After 1770 - Before 1830

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Face composed of silk thread satin
String composed of silk
Stick composed of ivory
Rim composed of brocade
Guards Height 40.3 cm

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.28-1985
Primary reference Number: 118436
Old object number: 420

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 29 August 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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