Fan
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Skin
Measurements
13 mm (Width); 260 mm (Length)
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852869
Summary
Fan. Leaf of chicken-skin with painting of Solomon and Queen of Sheba, and pastoral scene on reverse. Ivory sticks, carved and painted, fretted and coloured gold, blue, pink and green. Gilt metal pivot pin. 19 sticks and 2 guard sticks. Label 'Bought London £2.10'.
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.