Fan
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile
Measurements
22 mm (Width); 275 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852868
Summary
Fan. Mount of silk, painted and embroidered with gold thread and coloured spangles, gilt sequins. Ivory sticks inlaid with steel and guards of steel and carved ivory. Leaf divided into three medallions with musical scene. Reverse with three panels, each containing a rose. Mother-of-pearl pivot pin. 14 sticks and 2 guard sticks. Label 'Given W.H. Percy, Paris'.
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.