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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
folding fan |
Description | Double paper leaf, hand-coloured with applied mezzotint. The central section of the front shows three seperate group scenes and the reverse, a smaller scene of a grape harvest. The bone sticks and guards are pierced, carved, silvered, gilt and painted; the upper section of the guard has additional decoration of gilt metal and, on the obverse only, a framed mirror. |
Production Place | Spain (maker) (country) Spanish (maker) (nationality) |
Dimensions |
length: (guards): 29.7
cm |
Period | 2nd half 19th century |
Date | circa 1850 to 1880 |
Provenance | bought: Anne, Countess of Rosse 1985-01-28 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.249-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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