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Fashionable Quadrilles: M.340-2015

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Titles

Fashionable Quadrilles

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan depicting twelve sets of the last and most fashionable quadrilles, to be had at No. 303 (Bazaar) Soho Square'. Designed with the dance instructions for the quadrilles in English and the titles in French.
Paper leaves with uncoloured etchings on plain bone sticks and guards.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 373

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
Production date: circa AD 1805

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of bone

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.340-2015
Primary reference Number: 204910
Sale number: 373

Audit data

Created: Thursday 30 July 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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