Fan
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
16 mm (Width); 280 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852851
Summary
Fan. Leaf of paper, printed and painted over in colour with figures representing five senses, with hives and honey-bees. Ivory sticks, carved and fretted. Reverse with small sketch. Colour and design somewhat crude. Metal rivetted pivot pin. 20 sticks and 2 guards.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.