Fan, ivory-coloured grosgrain, England, 1890-1910
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1890-1910
Made from ivory grosgrain, painted with scenes of childhood (after the style of Kate Greenaway), and mounted with bone sticks. In the centre, a boy and girl are shown seated on rocks at the seaside. At the left, a girl, a boy and a small child are shown wrapped in Winter clothes and going for a walk.
At the right a girl and a boy are shown in Summer clothes, picking fruit from a tree while another girl, also in Summer clothes, plays with a skipping rope. The fan is professionally made, but the scenes are hand painted by an amateur.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The fan probably came from Princess Louisa of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught. This is believed as the donor's aunt was her personal made.
Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length: 32.4 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O1121297
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- MISC.245-1982
- Museum system number
- O1121297
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.