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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1665 - circa 1700; Classification(s): fans, folding fan, mounting, Folding fan, the leaf composed of three bands of mica panels, mounted in double paper, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Ivory sticks of serpentine form; guards of ivory, the lower part serpentine, the upper part pierced by three panels backed with mica mounted in paper. Brass rivet; Acquisition: bought by Anne, Countess of Rosse, 1985-01-28, Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum [M.359-1985]
Description: Folding fan, the leaf composed of three bands of mica panels, mounted in double paper, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Ivory sticks of serpentine form; guards of ivory, the lower part serpentine, the upper part pierced by three panels backed with mica mounted in paper. Brass rivet. Front. The mica panels are painted in colours with different motifs including: floral sprays, flowers in vases, flowers with a bird, flowers with a dog, a dog with a bird, a bird with a dragonfly, a butterfly, a boy with a butterfly, a boy playing a pipe, a Cupid holding a heart, a Cupid brandishing an arrow, a seated boy, a female bust; some occurring more than once, but not identically. The horizontal paper borders between the panels are painted alternately black and blue with gilt ornament. Reverse: Mica undecorated, paper mounts painted en suite with those on the front. Sticks: lower part plain except for cog-like nicks in the edges. Upper part behind the leaf painted with gold squiggles. Guards: lower part plain except for cog-like nicks in the edges. Above the shoulder they have a border of diagonal strokes. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | fans folding fan Unknown | Temporal: | name=late 17th Century; start=1665; end=1700 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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