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Trompe l'oeil: M.480-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Trompe l'oeil

Maker(s)

Maker: Rodeck, Gebruder

Entities

Categories

Description

Framed folding fan, with trompe l'oeil (optical illusions) cards and notes.
Hand coloured lithograph. On wooden sticks with guards imitating bamboo.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2035

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 1881

Components of the work

Sticks, Guards composed of wood
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.480-2015
Primary reference Number: 205059
Sale number: 2035
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 August 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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