Current Location: In storage
Titles
Folding Fan
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Folding fan with cut steel sequin decoration, black gauze leaf. Black stained wood sticks.
Notes
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2079
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-20th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1900
Note
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.
This fan is a revival of those made 100 years earlier (see M.39-2015 as an example) but is distinguishable from the earlier examples due to its more robust gauze and the machine-applied sequins in a simpler design. The famous French fan-making houses of Duvelleroy and Kees produced examples using gilt and silver sequins, as well as cut steel.
Components of the work
Sticks
composed of
wood
Leaf
composed of
gauze
Leaf Sequins
composed of
steel
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.302-2015
Primary reference Number: 204872
Sale number: 2079
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Wednesday 29 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
