Brisé fan: M.7-1990

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Brisé fan

Categories

Fans

Description

Brisé fan, tortoiseshell (15+2) pierced, engraved and set with roundels of mother-of-pearl; cream silk ribbon; tortoiseshell strengtheners at the lower ends of the guards and tortoiseshell carrying loop. The sticks are pierced with bands of dots linked by lines, asterisks, groups of dots linked by lines, stylized flower heads and groups of dots linked by lines. The centres of the flower heads are formed by mother-of-pearl roundels of which there are six on each guard.

Notes

History note: Purchased by the donor in the Seychelles

Legal notes

GIven by Miss S.K. Howes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1990) by Howes, S. K. Miss

Dating

20th Century, Mid
Production date: AD 1959

Components of the work

Sticks+guards composed of tortoise shell mother-of-pearl
Guards Length 17.7 cm

Related exhibitions

Fans from the Fitzwilliam, The Messel-Rosse Collection

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.7-1990
Primary reference Number: 118520
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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