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Four Scenes Fan | |
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Title/s | Four Scenes Fan |
Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
brisé fan |
Description | Double paper leaf that opens four ways, painted in bodycolour to show either a lady or a gentleman of fashion on four different grounds; pink, lavender, blue and grey. The sticks and guards are of bone, inlaid with sequins. |
Production Notes | The elaborate and fragile method of attachment is by two rows of invisibly placed chickenskin "ribbon" just below the painted border "ribbon". This must be almost unique in its original state. |
Production Place | England (maker) (country) () France, (maker) (country) () English (maker) (nationality) () French (maker) (nationality) () |
Dimensions |
length: (guards): 28.1
cm |
Period | 4th quarter 18th century |
Date | circa 1785 to 1790 |
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 |
Documentation |
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Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.284-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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