Three Fans: M.317.1-6-2015

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Three Fans

Maker(s)

Entities

Description

Folding fans. A fan from the Olympic Games at Atlanta in 1996. A fan to advertise Eventails Europeens at Geneva in 1994, and a fan by Aafke Brouer for the FCI conference at Bath in 1990.
Undyed wooden sticks, and one with black plastic sticks.
Each fan with a box.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2095

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

20th Century
Circa 1989 CE - Circa 1995 CE

Note

The fan connected to the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games is the most recently-made fan in the Lennox-Boyd collection. It was made as an inexpensive tourist souvenir to commemorate the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA (19 July – 4 August 1996). Brightly coloured, it shows a variety of modern and Ancient Greek athletes in action. It is a mass-produced marketing product, made from cheap, disposable materials, and not designed for intensive use or longevity.

These fans form 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.