Current Location: In storage
Titles
Folding fan with ‘feather’-shaped palmettes
Maker(s)
Maker:
Deroise
Entities
Categories
Description
Folding fan with ‘feather’-shaped palmettes. Carved bone and stiffened silk, decorated with gilt sequins.
With original box, stamped 'Deroise'.
Notes
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2081
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
Circa
1845
CE
-
Circa
1850
CE
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 unusual in having its original elegantly-shaped and decorated box, which is stamped with the retailer’s name and address: ‘Deroise. Bte. 29 Gie Montpensier Palais Royal Paris’. This shop was located in the most famous and fashionable shopping arcade in Paris, known as the ‘Galeries de bois’, which sold luxury goods at relatively high prices to the aristocracy and well-to-do middle classes.
Components of the work
Leaf
composed of
silk
( stiffened)
sequins
gilt
Sticks
composed of
bone
Sequins
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.304 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204874
Sale number: 2081
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
