Current Location: In storage
Titles
A Carnet de Ball for Hornby Castle
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Brisé fan, depicting a carnet de ball (dance card) for Hornby Castle.
Card leaves, lithographed with original pencil by A Faber, no. 2, attached by gilt thread.
Notes
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 244
Legal notes
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(2015-04-27)
by
H.M. Government
Dating
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1863
Note
Originally trimmed with pink marabou feathers, all that remains of this fan are its card ends. These were used by its female owner to record the names of the 13 gentlemen with whom she danced at a ball held at Hornby Castle, Lancashire, on 27 November 1863. The feathers may have been torn during use, or have suffered pest damage before the fan arrived at the Museum – feathers are particularly susceptible to insect activity.
This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 fans ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.
Components of the work
Leaves
composed of
card
Materials used in production
Gilt thread
Techniques used in production
Lithography
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.119 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204683
Sale number: 244
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Thursday 23 July 2015
Updated: Tuesday 26 October 2021
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
