Fan
Category
Costume
Date
1800 - 1899 (Circa 19th century)
Materials
Textile
Measurements
20 mm (Width); 215 mm (Length)
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852856
Summary
Fan. Leaf of fine cotton patterned with silver sequins and mother-of-pearl in foliage and key design. Sticks of mother-of-pearl. Border to the leaf is in key design of thin sheets of mother-of-pearl caught down with thread and spangles at outline. Probably C19. Label 'Given to AFTB by F. about 1898'. 16 sticks and 2 guards. Steel hanging loop with mother-of-pearl pivot pin.
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.