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Maker:
Unknown; maker
Collection:
Messel-Rosse Collection
Category:
fans
Name:
brisé fan
Date:
circa 1790 — circa 1820
Period:
late 18th-early 19th century
Description:
Ivory sticks and guards, pierced and carved (23+2). The left guard is strengthened with a silver plaque. Cream silk ribbon. Brass? rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. Front: Carved with the inscription 'SI VOUS AIMEZ CE QUE L'AIME/VOUS VOUS AIMEREZ VOUS MEME' in two lines; above between and below, pierced striations edged by dotted borders. Reverse: Undecorated. Guards: Carved with tiny flowers and birds on a pierced net ground. On the back, engraved striations, a bird and a flower.
Production
Place:
China
Production
Place (legacy):
China, maker, country
Chinese, maker, nationality
Technique(s):
piercing; sticks+guards
carving; sticks+guards
weaving; ribbon
Material(s):
ivory; sticks+guards
silk; ribbon; cream
brass (alloy); rivet; probably
mother-of-pearl; washers
Technique
Description:
Ivory sticks and guards, pierced and carved (23+2). The left guard is strengthened with a silver plaque. Cream silk ribbon. Brass? rivet with mother-of-pearl washers
Dimension(s):
length, guards, 146, mm
width
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.
Inscription:
label; 'ROYAL SCOTTISH MUSEUM/ART & ETHNOGRAPHY' and '82'; circular printed in red ink; loan label
Alternative
Number:
old catalogue number; DR 12/184; Messel-Rosse Collection; 1985
Documentation:
Armstrong, Nancy. 1985. Fans from the Fitzwilliam. A Selection from the Messel-Rosse Collection.Cambridge (Cambs.): Fitzwilliam Museum Enterprises Ltdp. pl. 21
Publ.
Catalani, Carla. 1966. Waaiers.Bussum, Holland: C.A.J. van Dishoeckp. pl. 46
Publ.
, Sotheby's1989. English and Continental Silver, Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu.London: Sotheby'sp. 117
Cf: Another, attributed to China, c.1840, estmated at £400-500, p. 117, no. 472
Accession:
Object Number: M.130-1985
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 117715; input: 2004-12-07; modified: 2012-09-06)
Permanent
Identifier:
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