1592997155000 1438099500000 Standard Record object-204837 1747246489801 1711455521000 1747245849311 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-204837 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204837 57bfdcd7-4f5a-386e-a045-ad4d6333eda2 10 reference term-109566 adlib-term-109566 d4c82710-992a-334e-8267-7b59546717a2 fan reference term-134338 adlib-term-134338 806687b7-3751-3c0f-ba03-37af5c2cc8b4 Lennox Boyd Applied Arts Hand held mechanical fan. Bakelite. reference exhibition-3322 adlib-exhibition-3322 a69f176c-8548-3aa8-ac4a-49186fe18310 Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection M.269-2015 1 accession number M.269-2015 204837 priref 204837 Christie's sale number 1061 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204837 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204837 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate reference agent-150141 adlib-agent-150141 aa66239a-2b6d-36c3-80b2-cf5f2b976e97 H.M. Government 2015 2015 2015-04-27 allocated 1920 CE 1920 circa 1920 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Bakelite, the world’s first synthetic plastic, is a very unusual material for fans. It was developed by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, and was patented in 1909. It was more commonly used for radio and TV casings as well as kitchenware and toys. This fan, the original type of which was produced in around 1910, would have been considered the height of fashion when it first appeared. Remarkably, it still works. 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 objects 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. reference term-107318 adlib-term-107318 d27559f3-e90c-35cd-b7e4-46eaeb9ac521 20th Century reference term-126335 adlib-term-126335 735f1124-4d73-37c2-8710-96dcdc35dde1 Bakelite reference term-109566 adlib-term-109566 d4c82710-992a-334e-8267-7b59546717a2 fan history note Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 1061 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

reference term-109566 adlib-term-109566 d4c82710-992a-334e-8267-7b59546717a2 fan

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