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Screen fan: O.33-1985

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 34 (Fan Gallery)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Stick: hardwood with ivory trim. Rim: iron wire covered with silk brocade. Centre stick:? bamboo covered with silk brocade. Face: cream silk gauze embroidered in polychrome silk, decorated with butterflies and flowering lotus; the stick carved with a fenghuang amongst foliage.

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: 30.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
After 1801 - Before 1900

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Face composed of silk thread silk gauze
Stick composed of ivory brocade hardwood
Guards Height 44.5 cm

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.33-1985
Primary reference Number: 118442
Old object number: 409
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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