IDENTIFIERS
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id:	204739
accession number:	M.174-2015

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Monday 27 July 2015
updated:	Wednesday 15 May 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Folding fan with chinoiserie and a trompe l'oeil (optical illusion). Depicting three figures around a table to the left, a courting couple to the right, and two overlapping trompe l'oeil pictures.  One of a river scene, the other a spray of flowers with birds and butterflies.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on pierced and fretted ivory sticks, and pierced and carved guards.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Lennox Boyd Estate.  Christie's no. 322


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Lennox Boyd
creditline: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204739





CATEGORIES
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category: fan

DATING
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creation date:	1770 - 1770
creation date earliest:	1770
creation date latest:	1770
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown