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Summary
Fan
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| Title |
Fan |
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| Object type | Royalty Classification: NM3.2619 |
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| Description |
English: 'regulation' ostrich feather fan carried with evening gown worn by Vera Laurenson (nee Kidd) when presented at court at Buckingham Palace on 15 March 1939. |
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| Date | George VI (1936 - 1952)-House of Windsor-English reign; 18 Aug 2006; 1939; 31 Jul 2006; Circa 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
2006.63.2 |
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| Place of creation | United Kingdom; England; London; Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2006.63.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | 'regulation' ostrich feather fan carried with evening gown worn by Vera Laurenson (nee Kidd) when presented at court at Buckingham Palace on 15 March 1939. Background- Evening gown worn by donor’s mother, Vera Laurenson (nee Kidd) when presented at court at Buckingham Palace on 15 March 1939. Vera Laurenson was the granddaughter of Alfred Kidd, who was Mayor of Auckland in 1909, a Liberal MP and Chief whip for the Liberals in Parliament, and one time President of the Auckland Racing Club. Her husband was Dr Jimmy Laurenson, NZ men's singles tennis champion in 1921, 4 times men's doubles champion and also four times Auckland men's singles champion in the 1920's and 30's. Her father-in-law, George Laurenson, was MP for Lyttelton and a member of Sir Joseph Ward's cabinet in about 1911-1913. Vera Laurenson was born on 26 March 1900, and had travelled to UK with her husband for a two year holiday in 1936, when Dr Laurenson decided to give up his general (medical) practice in Matamata. While in the UK he decided to take his FRCS (surgical qualification) in Edinburgh before returning to NZ, and they were living in Edinburgh when Vera was presented at Court. At that time the practise was that anyone seeking presentation had to be sponsored or introduced to the King and Queen by a member of the court. Many of the more prominent and well-to-do New Zealanders visiting the UK sought this opportunity. Presentation parties, seen as elitist, were abolished by Queen Elizabeth II in 1958 and replaced with the larger and more frequent palace garden parties, to which a more varied cross section of British society is invited. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Photo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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