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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
folding fan |
Description | Assignat folding fan; double leaf of dark turquoise paper with gilt binding at the top, decorated with sixteen applied assignats, issued between 1792 and 1795. Sticks and guards of wood (20+2), the latter strengthened with bone at the rivet end; steel rivet. |
Production Place | France, (maker) (country) French (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Assignat folding fan; double leaf of dark turquoise paper with gilt binding at the top. Sticks and guards of wood (20+2), the latter strengthened with bone at the rivet end; steel rivet. |
Dimensions |
length: (guards): 32.5
cm |
Period | late 18th century |
Date | circa 1795 to 1796 |
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.285-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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