Telescopic Fan
Maker: Clarke & Co
Telescopic folding fan, with floral decoration and spangles.
Hand-painted paper leaf, extensively decorated with spangles. On pierced and fretted sliding bone sticks, and carved and pierced sliding bone guards.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 380
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Telescopic fans have a mechanism that allows the sticks to slide into the ribs when the fan is closed, making it much smaller and easier to carry. This rare 18th-century example was made by Robert Clarke, an important fan-maker who operated from 26, The Strand. The fan required extensive repairs to the paper component due to large splits on the outer edge of its folds, as shown by the photograph taken before treatment.
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.
Leaf
composed of
paper
spangles
Sticks, Guards
composed of
bone
Guards
Sticks
Accession number: M.220-2015
Primary reference Number: 204785
Sale number: 380
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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