Maker(s) &
Production:
Unknown, maker, Netherlands, ongoingoct12
Collection:
Messel-Rosse Collection
Category:
fans
Name:
brisé fan
Date:
circa 1815
Period:
early 19th Century
Description:
Brisé fan, sticks of horn with inlaid steel sequins painted in bodycolour and gold; guards of horn inlaid with steel sequins painted in gold (18+2). Ribbon of cream coloured silk. Rivet of brass; washers of steel. Front: two exotic birds are sitting on branches holding two ribbons from a wreath, which is placed in the centre; the background has gold stars and a chain of sequins borders the scene. On the top of each stick above the ribbon there is a plant under an arch of sequins. Back: undecorated. Guards: a chain of sequins borders leaves and flowers.
Technique(s):
inlay (process); sticks+guards
painting; sticks+guards
weaving; ribbon
Material(s):
horn; sticks+guards
bodycolour; sticks+guards
steel sequins; sticks+guards
steel; rivet of brass
Technique
Description:
Brisé fan, sticks of horn with inlaid steel sequins painted in bodycolour and gold; guards of horn inlaid with steel sequins painted in gold (18+2). Ribbon of cream coloured silk. Rivet of brass; washers of steel
Dimension(s):
length, guards, 15.5, cm
width, whole, 28.5, cm
Acquisition:
bought; 1985-01-28; Anne, Countess of Rosse
Provenance:
Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Associated
Person(s):
Messel, Leonard; owner
Anne, Countess of Rosse; owner
Acquisition Credit:
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Alternative
Number:
old catalogue number; DR 5/79; Messel-Rosse Collection; 1985
Accession:
Object Number: M.78-1985
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 117664; input: 2004-12-07; modified: 2012-10-11)
Permanent
Identifier:
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