Embroidered Fan
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan.
Embroidered silk leaf in black and gilt lacquer, with carved bone sticks.
With box, stamped 'Luen Shing Canton'. Chinese export
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2016
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
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1870
Leaf
composed of
silk
embroidery
Sticks
composed of
bone
Accession number: M.278 & A & B-2015
Primary reference Number: 204846
Sale number: 2016
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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