Fan with Costumes Suisse
Maker:
Unknown
Maker:
Kaiser, L.
Palmette fean mounted on bone sticks and guards, with printed card leaves, each stick bearing the name of a canton and its regional costume. In original box with the trade label of L. Kaiser, Lucerne.
History note: The Lennox Boyd Collection. Christies no. 86
Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from The Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1853
Palmette fans are folding fans with individual leaves attached to each stick, held together with a thread. In this example, each palmette is decorated with the name of a particular Swiss canton (district) and its regional costume. While possibly made for the tourist market, given its date of manufacture it could equally have been made for a patriotic Swiss national: in 1848, Switzerland became a federal state of 26 relatively autonomous cantons.
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.
Sticks, Guards composed of bone
Accession number: M.78 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 206718
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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