Fan
Category
Costume
Date
1775
Materials
Textile
Measurements
28 mm (Width); 270 mm (Length)
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852886
Summary
Fan. White satin leaf heavily restored. Two central medallions painted with Watteau style courting figures, metallic thread embroidery and gilt sequins or paillettes. Sticks and guards of carved, fretted and gilded ivory. 16 sticks and 2 guard sticks. Mother-of-pearl pivot pin. French, 1775. Label 'Bought Christies £20'.
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.