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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
screen fan |
Description | Stick: hardwood with ivory trim. Rim: iron wire covered with silk brocade. Centre stick:? bamboo covered with silk brocade. Face: cream silk gauze embroidered in polychrome silk, decorated with butterflies and flowering lotus; the stick carved with a fenghuang amongst foliage. |
Production Place | China (maker) (country) Chinese (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Screen fan, decorated with butterflies and flowering lotus; the stick carved with a fenghuang amongst foliage. Stick: hardwood with ivory trim. Rim: iron wire covered with silk brocade. Centre stick:? bamboo covered with silk brocade. Face cream silk gauze embroidered in polychrome silk. |
Dimensions |
height: (guards): 44.5
cm |
Period | 19th century |
Date | after 1801 to 1900 |
Provenance | bought: Anne, Countess of Rosse 1985-01-28 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); 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 | O.33-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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