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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1780; Classification(s): fans, folding fan, weaving, Folding fan, double silk leaf, painted in bodycolour, stamped and decorated with sequins and leaves and flowers in green and gold. Sticks of carved and pierced tortoiseshell partly backed with painted and plain pieces of mother-of-pearl. Guards of carved and pierced tortoiseshell backed with imitation mother-of-pearl or mica (11+2). Rivet of iron; washer of mother-of-pearl.; 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.258-1985]
Description: Folding fan, double silk leaf, painted in bodycolour, stamped and decorated with sequins and leaves and flowers in green and gold. Sticks of carved and pierced tortoiseshell partly backed with painted and plain pieces of mother-of-pearl. Guards of carved and pierced tortoiseshell backed with imitation mother-of-pearl or mica (11+2). The design features three cartouches with men and women in period costume. | 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=4th quarter 18th century; start=1780; end=1780 | 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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