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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1720 - circa 1730; Classification(s): fans, folding fan; 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.277-1985]
Description: Single vellum leaf painted in bodycolour and gilt. On the front, a representation of David and Abigail; on the reverse, a lamb, a bird, a butterfly and a basket of fruit. The sticks are of ivory pierced in a fishscale motif and then etched; the guards are of carved and etched ivory. | 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=early 18th Century; start=1720; end=1730 | 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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