Fan
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile
Measurements
16 mm (Width); 210 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852866
Summary
Brise-fan. Leaf being extension of sticks, joined at top by ribbon (broken). Ivory, painted scene, reverse similarly decorated. End of guards faced with mother-of-pearl, painted with portrait of a lady. Mother-of-pearl pivot pin. 27 sticks and 2 guard sticks. 'Verius Martin'
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.