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Collection of decorative folding fans with intricate designs and historical significance, showcasing craftsmanship and cultural heritage.

EVENTAIL. "Requests and responses" Gallingerie ", 18th century. Paper, uniform color printing, rosewood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99067-12 Fashion accessory, Eventail
EVENTAIL. "Requests and responses" Gallingerie ", 18th century. Paper, uniform color printing, rosewood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99067-12 Fashion accessory, Eventail
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EVENTAIL. "Cake walk". Paper, wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: black dancing cake walk Fashion accessory, EventailFolding Fan with Box. China, mid-19th century. Costumes; Accessories. a) Fan: Silk leaf, bone sticks and guards, metallic loop, mother-of-pearl button, silk tasselPleated Fan And Case; painted silk leaf, pierced, gilded and painted ivory sticks, paste jewel and metal bail at rivet ; Open: 40.6 cm (16 in.)Fan mid-late 18th century Chinese with European sticks. Fan. Chinese with European sticks. mid-late 18th century. Paper, tortoiseshell. FansEVENTAIL. Japanese pattern. Stencil on paper, bamboo. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99079-29 Fashion accessory, Eventailbroken rangeEVENTAIL. "The States General, day of April 27, 1789". Paper, colored engraving, rosewood, ivory nets. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Allegory on the Estates General, day of April 27, 1789. France supported on the column of force contemplates the Union of the Three States. Medallion with Necker's bust face to the right and commercial vessels on the left of the central scene. Légende above the stage. Song on the sides of the stage. Score above the scene. Fashion accessory, Event, Revolutionary Periode, French RevolutionPleated fan, Printed and hand-colored paper leaf, carved, drilled and gilded bone sticks, rivet set with stone, gilt metal bail, Pleated fan. Printed and hand-colored paper leaf. Obverse: figures in a landscape with country home playing the game Blind Man's Bluff. Reverse: a pastoral boating scene. Carved, drilled and gilded bone sticks. Rivet set with stone. Gilt metal bail., possibly France, 19th century, costume & accessories, Pleated fanPleated Fan (possibly USA); painted cotton leaf, painted wood sticks, gilded wood guard, gilt metal bailEVENTAIL. "Requests and responses" Gallingerie ", 18th century. Paper, uniform color printing, rosewood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99067-12 Fashion accessory, EventailFolding Fan. Cuba, 1899. Costumes; Accessories. Paper leaf; wood sticks and guards; metal rivet and loopFan unknown. In the medallion on the right two putti with burning torches and in the left medallion a classically dressed woman with love or wedding grans. Finely sliced frame decorated with love symbolism. Right tone: altar with two pigeons, burning torch, landscape beast, staff, trophy with lute, trophy with burning torch and bagpipes. Left outdoor bone. Manual part frame: two hearts in medallion, trophy with bagpipe and arrow sleeve, bow to which a basket with flowers and fruit, altar with burning hearts, in the middle: altar with lying beast. Back side leaves is unfromed.Brisé fan, Bone sticks, gilded, painted and carved à jour, silk ribbon, Brisé fan. Bonesticks carved à jour, gilded on reverse. Obverse painted. Designs of roses in red and green, with blue borders. Cardboard box covered with paper showing blue fleur-de-lys., France, 1800-1830, costume & accessories, Brisé fanEVENTAIL. "Duvelleroy". Engraving stuck on paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99079-19 Fashion accessory, EventailFolded range Gal1959.6.10 Painted white silk sheet, cut mother -offEVENTAIL. Silk in Assymmetrical Bang, Embroidered Flowers and Butterflies. White embroidered satin, silk acorns, sculpted ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99101-19 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Take the Bastille" (arrest of the governor of Launay, and designation of the characters). Paper, colored engraving, rosewood, pivot rhinestones. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99057-27 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. Board of assignats and coins. Paper, engraving, fruit wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: board of assignats and coins. Revolution Fashion accessory, Evening, French RevolutionEVENTAIL. Flower pattern, veiled woman, rider and other character, surrounded by moon croissants and foreign characters. Paper, bamboo. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: a veiled woman, a rider and another person, surrounded by moon croissants and foreign characters; Flower pattern Fashion accessory, EventailPleated fan, Painted paper leaf, carved ivory sticks with mother-of-pearl inlays on the guards, mother-of-pearl thumb guard and washer at the rivet, Pleated fan. Painted paper leaf. Obverse: mythological scene with Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and of the spring, at the center. She is presented with baskets of flowers, watered by a stream of running water personified by the figure at the right. Reverse: an enlarged image of the spring flowers received by Flora. Carved ivory sticks with mother-of-pearl inlays on the guards. Mother-of-pearl thumb guard and washer at the rivet., England, Netherlands, ca. 1730, costume & accessories, Pleated fanFolded range GAL2003.84.3Fan unknownFan 1830s American. Fan 120716Folding fan with carved and painted ivory frame, both front and rear painted parchment leaf with lady and lord in landscape, church fan folding range impeller clothing accessories women clothing clothing ivory parchment wood copper mother-of-pearl paint, rash 125 ° fan blade 13.5 textile painted carved Folding fan with frame of non-contiguous legs of embossed and carved and painted ivory Twenty ivory inner legs with wooden support parts. Range leaf of parchment with painting glued fixation á l'anglaise. Pin and purse cool Louis XVI Louis XVI Louis Seize rococo romanceEVENTAIL. "The constitution of loves". Paper, colored engraving, ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99102-18 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Autographs of many personalities at the end of 19th century and early twentieth century (including Edmond Rostand), July 5, 1897. Rose satin, tinted wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99094-24 Fashion accessory, autograph, event, signatureJ. Ganné, French fan. EVENTAIL. "Souvenir of the visit of the Russian sovereigns in Paris" song at the back), 1896. Printing on paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Souvenir of the visit of the Russian sovereigns in Paris, 1896; Song at the back; J. Ganné Fashion accessory, EventailFan unknownEVENTAIL. "Taken of the Bastille, arrest of an officer near the cannons" (Revolution). Paper, enhanced engraving, fruit wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: taking the Bastille, arrest of an officer near the cannons; Revolution Fashion accessory, EventailBrisé fan depicting The Battle of the Nile 1798 British Fashion and patriotism combine in this painted ivory brisé fan, which depicts the Battle of the Nile, a major British victory under Admiral Nelson against Napoleons forces. The central image features the inscription “1. Nelson. 98” and shows the personification of victory flying over the pyramids, while the naval battle rages in the background. Fans illustrating British military success began to appear in the 1740s, and this is not the only fan that commemorated the famed Battle of the Nile. Inexpensive printed fans were made, titled ‘Nelson & Victory,” listing the ships in the English and French fleets. While this fan commemorates the same event, the hand-painted ivory makes it a much more expensive version.. Brisé fan depicting The Battle of the Nile. British. 1798. Pierced, carved, and painted ivory; silk ribbon; steel beads, glass. FansEVENTAIL. "Landscape and flower". Paper, bamboo. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: landscape and flower Fashion accessory, EventailFan first quarter 19th century French. Fan 168892EVENTAIL. "Virtues and republican characters", late 19th century, early twentieth century. Paper, bamboo. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Virtues and republican characters at the end Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Landscape", Japan 19th century. Painted silk, golden wood, gold. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99076-18 Fashion accessory, EventailPleated Fan (Spain); paper leaf printed by chromolithography, wood sticksEVENTAIL. "Characters in Costumes from the Middle Ages", around 1890. Lace strip. Lace and satin, yellow mother -of -pearl. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99088-26 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Calendar of 1893". Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99097-13 Fashion accessory, EventailFolding Fan. France, mid-18th century. Costumes; Accessories. Skin and silk leaf, bone sticks, brass metallic loop, diamond paste and silver metallic rivetFolding fan 1760s Austrian or German. Folding fan 461196Folded range, Face sheet decor: floral patterns. Gal1955.26.6A White organi leaf painted in blue and pink, encrusted with lace, bone framePleated fan, Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored engraving, painted wood sticks with ivory on guards, Pleated fan. Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored engraving showing a scene with two women and an infant learning to walk. Sticks are painted wood with ivory on guards., France, ca. 1805, costume & accessories, Pleated fanPleated Fan (France); gilded paper leaf with hand-colored print, carved ivory sticks, mother-of-pearl washerAlbert Robida (1848-1926). Eventail for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, "Old Paris" section: "Refreshing of the troops", 1900. Paper printing, wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Universal Exhibition of 1900, "Old Paris" section - Refreshing of the troops; A. Robida 1900 Fashion accessory, Eventail. Mother of pearl frame of 16 contiguous legs with a cut-away cartridge in middle eight legs in which a symmetrical motif with leaf garlands cut out. The stakes in the support part are made of ivory. The blade of Brussels needle side (Point de Gaze de Bruxelles) has a symmetrical pattern with a central cart shower in which a flower bouquet flanked by leaf and floral motifs. Metal impeller ring with extra loop and closing pin with rhinestone.Folding range with leaf of cream -colored silk with gold -colored lovers, frame of ivory (), Anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1849 Folding range with leaf of cream -colored silk with gold -colored lovers in symmetrical motif; Against the upper edge in the form of connected ovals with rosettes in the middle of lovers, lovers regularly sprinkled over the other leaf, top edge of silver paper leaves. The frame has 18 consecutive legs, is of ivory () And is unadorned. Copper closing pin with pearl ring ring. Netherlands (possibly) leaf: Silk. Blad: Paillette. sheet:. frame: Ivory. closing pin: copper (metal). Syste: Mother of Pearl sewing / cutting / cutting Folding range with leaf of cream -colored silk with gold -colored lovers in symmetrical motif; Against the upper edge in the form of connected ovals with rosettes in the middle of lovers, lovers regularly sprinkled over the other leaf, top edge of silver paper leaves. The frame has 18 consecutive legs, is of ivory () And is unadorned. Copper cloBrisé fan of Ajour and cut ivory in relief on which scenes from Chinese life with pagodes, houses, trees and in the middle an unadorned oval medallion, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1820 Brisé fan of Ajour and cut ivory in relief on which scenes live from the Chinese with pagodes, houses, trees and in the middle an unadorned oval medallion. Model: 21 contiguous legs. Copper closing pin surrounded by mother -of -pearl disc. Decoration: Under the oval medallion is quite centrally a sitting man with a music -sitting woman on the left. Both are surrounded by standing figures and trees. A pagoda right in the background. The legs are filled up to the fan ribbon with scenes from Chinese life, both inside and outside. The scalloped edge above the fan ribbon is alternately filled with figures, birds, leaf and flower motifs and a sampan on the right (partly covered Asian boat). Kanton (possibly) whole: Ivory. closing pin: copper (metal). Disc: Mother of Pearl cutting Brisé fan of Ajour and cut ivory iFolded range, gouache painted patterns: yellow roses and red flowers. GAL1987.4.6 Leaf in pink organza painted in yellow and red, metal bélière, gold, cut, engraved, frame in cream lacquered, mother -of -pearl rterEVENTAIL. "Landscape sketched for ink from China". Paper, black lacquered bamboo. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: landscape sketched for ink from China Fashion accessory, EventailFolding range with three medallions in which a scene at an inn (), Flanked by putti with birds, c. 1775 - c. 1785 Folding range with paper leaf on which three medallions are painted with watercolor and gold paint in which a scene at an inn, flanked by putti with birds, is inlaid on a bone frame with gold and silver front. In the middle of the front of the leaf an oval medallion on which the horses get water and food from a carriage at an inn (), With two gesticulating men and a keeshond in the middle. The medallion is surrounded by a golden laurel wreath and on top with a golden vase or urn. The round medallion on the left is filled with two pink -red putti with a cornucopia, framed with golden garlands and crowned with two tortments, a arrow sleeve and a Hermesstaf. The round medallion on the right is filed with two pink -red putti with a trotch and are, framed with golden garlands and crowned with a hunting horn and two dead pheasants. The whole is surrounded by flowers. The back of Pleated fan, Paper leaf with gilded and hand-colored lithograph; carved bone sticks, mother-of-pearl guards, Fan leaf with gilded and hand-colored lithographs showing genre scenes in the style of François Boucher within an elaborate setting of foliage and gothic architecture. Bone sticks and mother-of-pearl guards are carved and gilded., France, ca. 1840, costume & accessories, Pleated fanEVENTAIL. "Nana, signature of Zola". Printing on paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99081-13 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Panorama of the Universal Exhibition of 1889". Printed ice percale, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99074-22 Fashion accessory, EventailFolded canaten, watercolor leaf, ivory frame remedied (recto), around 1770. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 34790-8 Accessory, Canivet, Chinese, Decoration, Eventail, Female, Woman, Watercolor, Ivory FontEventail having belonged to Princess Mathilde, decor of flowers. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 60354-1 Decor, decoration, event, flowerAnonymous. "War to inconsistent". EVENTAIL. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 75351-5 Eventail, war has the inconstancyPleated Fan (France); painted skin leaf, ivory sticks carved à jour, gilt and silvered, brilliantsFan mid-19th century European. Fan. European. mid-19th century. Paper and bone. FansEVENTAIL. Allegorical motif or "The Management Board offering peace to the European nations". Paper, colored engraving, tinted wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: allegorical reason or "The Directory offering peace to European nations Fashion accessory, EventailFan mid-18th century Chinese. Fan. Chinese. mid-18th century. Paper, wood, mother-of-pearl, ivory and tortoiseshell. FansFolded range, Facing decor: central cartel leaf inserted between the back sheet and the face sheet that has been cut: it presents 2 young girls in prayer in front of an altar dedicated to the Virgin, the cartel is framed in a floral arbor, from each side 2 cartouc GAL1966.44.9 Facing sheet: blue chromolithized cream, central cartel inserted in the leaf face cream pampering black chromolithized, colors with tweezers, flowery decor with stencil gouache and painted raises, metallic background applied to stencilEVENTAIL. "Tiber", 18th century. Watercolor on swan skin, worked and openwork ivory, enhanced with money. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99064-21 Fashion accessory, EventailPleated fan, Lace and gauze leaf, mother-of-pearl sticks, brilliant set in metal pin, silk tassel, White fan leaf. OBverse: lace with floral design. Reverse: plain gauze. Mother-of-pearl sticks. Brilliant set in metal pin. White silk tassel with decorative knots., France, 19th century, costume & accessories, Pleated fanFan, 1800s. 19th century. Bone with gold paint, nickel () plated brass inlays, gauze with gold and silver colored sequins, copper alloy ring; overall: 21.6 x 40.7 cm (8 1/2 x 16 in.).EVENTAIL. "Couple under an arbor in a landscape, and young woman on the left, small landscape". Folded, double sheet of paper, and ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99054-14 Fashion accessory, EventailPlum Branch and Teapot Shibata Zeshin. Plum Branch and Teapot. Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891). Japan. Folding fan; lacquer on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). PaintingsEVENTAIL. "The triumph of love". Paper, gouache engraving, fruit wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: "The triumph of love"; couple invoking love Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Cavaliers", 19th century. Paper, color lithography, openwork ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99067-18 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Tricolore flags knotted with branch branches", for July 14, 1880. Etofe, lacquered wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: tricolor flags knotted with bay branches; July 14, 1880 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. Poetry framed by a man in 18th costume and a bouquet. Plume drawing on paper, tinted wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99089-13 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Batager in Cabourg" and "La Turbie". Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99098-30 Fashion accessory, EventailFolded range, leaf decor: Entrelacs of plant patterns. GAL1989.29.3 Facing sheet: Cream tulle, upper silver paper border, ivory frame remedied and studded with steel, silver glitter, mother -of -pearl rterEventail: "The national cockade". Revolution ". Paper, gouache engraving, dark wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99058-28 Fashion accessory, EventailFolded range, Facing sheet decor: massive flowers with birds, frame decor: oceased patterns.Brisé Fan, with scrolling decoration Chinese, for the European Market 19th century View more. Brisé Fan, with scrolling decoration. Chinese, for the European Market. 19th century. Silver gilt and enamels. FansFan mid-19th century French. Fan 209890EVENTAIL. "Cash". Printing on paper, golden sandalwood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99081-1 Fashion accessory, EventailFolded rangeBrisé Fan (France); painted ivory sticks, silk ribbon, tortoise shell on guards, rivet set with a stoneEventail "Psyche and Cupid", Bouquet and Bal Carnet holder. Eventail: gouache and gold paper face sheet, back in gouache and golden skin paper; pearl rolled, engraved and golden; Metal and rhinestone rivet. Eighteen strands and two plumes. Ball book: mother -of -pearl, singing silver border, ivory; Silver stylus; Silver metal rivet. Bouquet carrier: openwork gold metal vase, mirrors, turned mother-of-pearl, double chain and bouquet fixed needle. 1845-1850. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Leaf Face Garland of roses on a golden background, on the left and on the right, medallions with love, the central cartel presents psyche and cupid surrounded by love in a park with ancient architecture elements. Back sheet Gold golden with flowers and leaves which serves as a support for the central decor with a golden medallion composed of 2 birds, a bouquet of roses, quiver and arrows, garland of polychrome flowers. Flower frames and flower baskets in a setting of fies. Panache medallFan 1880-1900 American or European. Fan 81171Folding Fan with Box and Inner Box. China, last quarter of 19th century. Costumes; Accessories. a) Fan: Silk satin leaf with silk embroidery, ivory sticks, silver metallic loop, mother-of-pearl button, silk and gold metallic tassel; b) Box: wood with gold paint, black lacquer, silk, ivory, glass and paper; c) Inner box: glass topBroken fan, high of the strands cut in half-moon, golden nets bordering the top and simulating a throat.Folding Fan. France, 1880s. Costumes; Accessories. Machine lace on silk tulle leaf, mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, gold metallic loop, mother of pearl buttonFolded rangeFan. Culture: Chinese. Dimensions: 22 in. (55.9 cm). Date: first half 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.EVENTAIL. Silk, sequins, openwork ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99065-30 Fashion accessory, Eventailrange Gal1975.42.15 Ivory and boneEVENTAIL. "The discovered lovers" (boy descending from the attic). Paper, gouache engraving, fruit wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: "Discovered lovers"; Boy descending from the attic Fashion accessory, EventailFan 1860-69 probably Spanish. Fan 169290broken range GAL1981.95.113 Ivory and boneEVENTAIL. "Paysan making an offering to a figure of the three states ...". Broken in openwork sandalwood, with gouache vignettes. Paris, Carnavalet museum. entail: peasant making an offering to a figure of the three states ... Revolution Fashion accessory, Evening, French RevolutionFan 1876 American. Fan 84210Pleated Fan (France); parchment leaf gilded and painted with gouache, pierced and carved ivory sticks, gilded and silvered, rivet set with a faceted stonePleated fan, Printed paper leaf, wood sticks, Paper leaf with the obverse printed with a pastoral scene of shepherds and shepherdesses, and a poem. Scene is entitled: 'La ruse d'amour.' Other either side is three 8-line stanzas of a poem: 'Air on compterait les diamants.' Reverse is blank. Sticks are plain., France, ca. 1790, costume & accessories, Pleated fanEVENTAIL. Three gallant patterns including one in Charade "She seduces my heart" (two songs on the back). Paper, gouache engraving, fruit wood, ivory nets on the guards. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Three gallant patterns including one with Charade "She seduces my heart"; Two songs on the back. Fashion accessory, EventailPleated Fan; painted silk leaf, carved and pierced wood sticks, horn washer at rivetEVENTAIL. Fruits and arabesques, white marabout border, around 1840. Percale, gouache, ivory engraving. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99100-4 Fashion accessory, EventailFan French second half 19th centuryThe Nüshu script is used to write a local dialect of Chinese known as Xiangnan Tuhua (南土话, 'Southern Hunanese Tuhua') that is spoken by the people of the Xiao and Yongming River region of northern Jiangyong County, Hunan. In addition to speaking Tuhua, most local people in Jiangyong are bilingual in the Hunan dialect of Southwestern Mandarin, which they use for communication with people from outside the area that Tuhua is spoken, as well as for some formal occasions. If Hunan Southwestern Mandarin is written, then it is always written using standard Chinese characters, and not with the Nüshu script. In the sex-segregated world of traditional China, girls and women did not have the same access to literacy as boys and men, though throughout China's history, there were always women who could read and write; by late imperial times, women's poetry became a matter of considerable family pride in elite circles. It is not known when or how nüshu came into being, but, because it is clearly bas