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Artistic Folding Fans

Diverse folding fans adorned with artistic patterns and materials, reflecting cultural motifs and craftsmanship from historical contexts.

Pleated fan, Linen bobbin lace leaf, carved and painted ivory sticks, rivet set with faceted glass, gilt metal bail, Pleated fan. Leaf of 17th century white Milanese bobbin lace. Carved and painted ivory sticks with flowers and feathers. Guards carved with baroque detail and painted. Rivet is set with faceted glass. Gilt metal bail., France, Milan, Italy, mid- 18th-mid- 19th century, costume & accessories, Pleated fan
Pleated fan, Linen bobbin lace leaf, carved and painted ivory sticks, rivet set with faceted glass, gilt metal bail, Pleated fan. Leaf of 17th century white Milanese bobbin lace. Carved and painted ivory sticks with flowers and feathers. Guards carved with baroque detail and painted. Rivet is set with faceted glass. Gilt metal bail., France, Milan, Italy, mid- 18th-mid- 19th century, costume & accessories, Pleated fan
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Fan 1880-89 French. Fan 169190Fan Made 1801-1900 Italy. Carved and painted wood sticks and guards; painted paper mount; mirror set in guard on front; cameo set in guard on reverse; metal reivet and loop .Brisé fan, Carved tortoise shell sticks, silk ribbon, Brisé fan of tortoise shell with gold silk ribbon. Sticks carved in low relief with an all-over design of small medallions. Guards elaborately carved in high relief with chinoiserie designs., China, 1840-60, costume & accessories, Brisé fanFolded range, Facing sheet decor: in the upper part, openwork metal background covered with silver sequins of geometric shapes or stylized flowers, in the lower part, glitter in stars and large sequins covering each end. Mount decor: PA Gal1981.95.33A Facing sheet: Cream tulle, silver paper border, studded steel, silver openwork motherfucker covered with silver sequins, turquoise stone rterFan second half 18th century French. Fan 209624Pleated Fan And Case; Distributed by Tiffany and Co. (United States); silk leaf, tortoise shell sticks, enameled metal bailFan ca. 1850 European. Fan 120648Brisé fan, Painted and gilded ivory sticks, tortoiseshell thumb guard, silk connecting ribbon, mother-of-pearl washer, Brisé fan. Ivory sticks, painted gilded and varnished. Obverse: large cartouche enclosing an outdoor scene with figures under a canopy, putti and a woman serving wine. Gorge showing a chinoiserie scene of figures with umbrellas at a table. Reverse: large cartouche enclosing an outdoor scene with two figures by a sea with boats. Tortoiseshell thumb guard; silk connecting ribbon; mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet., possibly France, possibly Netherlands, early 18th century, costume & accessories, Brisé fanValentine -Fan French late 19th centuryviolet Chinese fan on the white background. (isolated)Brisé fan, Carved ivory sticks, Brisé fan of plain ivory sticks except for the right guard which is carved with four chamois in high relief in a rocky and wooded setting., Switzerland, late 19th century, costume & accessories, Brisé fan. Folding impairment with leather magazine on which the Bible story of Eliezer and Rebecca. Eliezer gives Rebecca a ring and holds two more bracelets in his right hand. There is a striking discrepancy between ornamentics on the magazine in a Louis XV style and that is running at the frame, which is running in Louis XIV style. Furthermore, the theme closed for the decoration of the frame is selected, the country life, at all in the representation of the blade. A parent sheet may therefore be installed here on a new frame. The back of the leaf is unpainted. The usual connection is made on the frame between pastoral and love symbolism. In the middle reserve there are a Landman and a backdress on a stack of hooischewoven. In the medallions on either side, there is an outstanding basket between a number of hooische oven from which two birds fly away. On the out-aging a putto with flower basket and two different pastoral trophies. See du Mortier, 1992. The frame has 22 contiguous legs of AFan Made 1801-1900 France. Gold spangled gauze mount; pierced bone sticks decorated with silver and piquÈ; rhinestone rivet .broken range GAL1981.95.83Fan ca. 1750 Spanish. Fan 209523Fan first half 18th century French or Italian. Fan 209527EVENAUR commemorative of the taking of the Bastille. Reproduction of an old engraving. Editions Degournay. Paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. EVENAUR commemorative of the taking of the Bastille; reproduction of an old engraving; DEGOURNAY edict. Fashion accessory, Eventailred Chinese fan on the white background. (isolated)Fan Made 1825-1875 France. Ivory guards and sticks, carved and etched; gold and silver leaf; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; pin and metal with imitation gemstones; handle of metal; gilt .Parasol. Culture: American. Date: third quarter 19th century.Featured, is a novel combination of a fan and a parasol, functioning as a sunshade. It is a compact object that would have been as easy to carry as a fan. The fitting that allows the parasol to fold down is related to the marquise parasols that can be tipped in different angles for flirtation as well as shading from the sun. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.EVENTAIL. "Graces decorating the statue of love". Black satin, decalcomania, openwork black wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: graces decorating the statue of love Fashion accessory, EventailFan last quarter 18th century Italian, Naples. Fan 209975. Parasol with a deck of Éprukleur linen with embroidery. The fabric has a scalloped edge with cord silenced corded smaller slippers and Henri-II work. A loose arranged bouquet of tulips is embroidered on every sector. Unlined, eight ribs. On a light wooden stick with bent end in the shape of a bird head. A cord hangs on the stick with two brushes in beige and green.Fan French late 19th centurySpain, Andalusia, Seville; Colourful fans on display in a shopFan 18th century Dutch. Fan 209857. Brisé range of black, gold and red lacquer with flowers and leaves on which three cartouches on which Chinese for pavilions. The figures on the front differ in posture with the back. The front and back is divided into three strips, separated by a meander edge. A part of the cartouche on the outing. The 21 contiguous legs are met by a red satin ribbon. The legs of the range have a rounded top. The closing pin is made of metal.Fan 18th century Dutch. Fan 209932Brisé fan 1870-89 French. Brisé fan 168527Fan mid-19th century R. Mateu. Fan. probably French. mid-19th century. Paper, gilt, mother-of-pearl. FansWhite Lace Umbrellas with Sturdy Handle - path includedFan ca. 1815-40 French. Fan 209972Brisé Fan; carved, pierced and painted ivory sticks, silk ribbonEngland, London, Greenwich, The Fan Museum, Display of Historical FansJapan cherry blossom folding fan. Japan cherry blossom folding fan vector illustration. Japanese fan with sakura branch pattern, geisha souvenir isolated on white. The bamboo stick of this parasol has a long, tear-shaped ivory knob carved in relief with lilies-of-the-valley. The influence of naturalism in art (the preference for realistic depictions), which emerged in the second half of the 19th century in France, is evident in these precisely sculpted, deeply incised flowers. The theme continues at the tip of the parasol.Fan Made 1701-1800 France. Painted paper mount; pierced and carved pearl sticks; guards encrusted with gold .York Castle Museum - One of ten panels of ladies' fans of the late 18th century in the Kirk Collection of Bygones. Second from top right is a Neopolitan painted fan which belonged to Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, dated 1779. Date: circa 1930sHector Giacomelli. "The birds". Folded range. Face in white paper painted with watercolor, back sheet lined with silent white paper, brown scales frame with rivet, metallic bail on the top of the plume. Around 1885. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Accessory, goldfinch, Evening, feminine, woman, blue mesange, brown skill frame, bird, watercolorParasol. Culture: American. Date: 1886.This charming parasol belonged to Juliette Geneva Hollenback (1881-1917), the youngest daughter of prominent financier and philanthropist John Welles Hollenback (1834-1923) and may have accompanied dress 2009.300.900. Purchased for Juliette in 1886 during a trip to California by her Aunt Julia, this scaled-down version of an adult's accessory indicates that there was a great deal of fondness between the two women. The fiery color could be seen as a portent of the woman Juliette would become: an active leader in settlement work. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan 18th century French. Fan. French. 18th century. Ivory. Fans. Folding fault with double sheet of paper. On the light blue leaves at the front the title "Histoire et specimens de la derse Depuis Le Déluge Jusq'a Nos Jours", including 16 different dances are depicted. On the white leaf at the back The title "La Danse, SES Temples et Ses Desservants and 1850", including 10 columns text and 9 addresses of 'dance paleizen' with opening hours. The frame is made of unrecognized wood and consists of 16 not contiguous legs. Under steel. Text: L.-G. The Marsay, 74, Faub.-Poissonniere, Paris. Printed: Imp. Pilloy et cie., Montmartre.Fan Made 1701-1800 France. Ivory sticks with pierced and gilded decoration; painted paper mount .hand fan folding set cartoon. chinese paper, japanese wind, asian decoration, traditional hand fan folding vector illustration. hand fan folding set cartoon vector illustrationDetails of a folding fan on fabricEVENTAIL. "Three characters in greenery, China". Broken, black painted wood gouache, red ribbon. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Broken" event: 3 characters in greenery, China Fashion accessory, EventailFan 20th century Japan. Fan 68460Japanese fans for sale, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, Asia Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-11580Marie Alain, Parasol, c 1938 ParasolFolded range. Sheet ponted leaf, silver sequins, white feathers, mother -of -pearl frame and rtering, silver metal boter, cream ribbon. Around 1905. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Eventail, feminine, woman, cream leaf cream, mother -of -pearl, white featherParasol with a deck of green silk with woven stripe along the edge, on an iron stick with a wooden handle, anonymous, c. 1825 Parasol with deck of thin green plised side with woven stripe along the edge. Unsurbed, on eight iron ribs on an iron stick. The handle is made of wood, with a circle of inserted white mother -of -pearl. On top of a painted copper button, with a spring halfway. Netherlands deck: Silk. Stok: Iron (Metal). Baleinen: Iron (Metal). Handle: Wood (plant material). Handle: Mother of Pearl forging / forging / cutting Netherlands Antilles Parasol with deck of thin green plised side with woven stripe along the edge. Unsurbed, on eight iron ribs on an iron stick. The handle is made of wood, with a circle of inserted white mother -of -pearl. On top of a painted copper button, with a spring halfway. Netherlands deck: Silk. Stok: Iron (Metal). Baleinen: Iron (Metal). Handle: Wood (plant material). Handle: Mother of Pearl forging / forging / cutting Netherlands AntillesComb 19th century probably French. Comb. probably French. 19th century. brass, glassFan mid-19th century French. Fan 209732Fan with Akikonomu Chūgū from 'The Maiden' Chapter of the Tale of Genji, early 19th century, Sakai Hōitsu, Japanese, 1761 - 1828, 16 × 8 5/8 × 9/16 in. (40.64 × 21.91 × 1.43 cm), ink, color, and gold on silk (obverse); ink, color, and silver on silk (reverse); bamboo and lacquer (frame), Japan, 19th century, In adulthood Genji built a palace designed with a seasonal garden for each of the four women who lived with him. Depicted on this fan is Akikonomu, an empress and Genjis adopted daughter, who lived in the 'autumn' quarter of the palace. Her name literally means, 'Loves Autumn.' When her garden was at its peak one autumn, she collected maple leaves and presented them to Murasaki (Genjis favorite consort who lived in the spring quarter) along with a poem celebrating the beauty of autumn. Here she wears the luxurious, layered robes of a court lady. In front of her, maple leaves fill the upturned lid of a lacquer box. This theme of autumnal beauty carries over to the back of the fan Folded range, Facing decor: Large central cartridge representing Château St Ange and a fisherman's boat on a neo-classical setting on a purple and anise green background. GAL1998.100.1 Face in thin gouache skin, gilding and turquoise, bone frame, mother -of -pearl eye, metal rterhandmade fan from nature on white backgroundFan. France. Date: 1775-1800. Dimensions: 26.7 cm 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.). Carved and gilded silver ivory sticks and guards; painted paper mount. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Typical Spanish fan souvenirs, Santa Cruz District, Seville, Andalusia, SpainFolding range with goat's leather leaf, on which with Gouache the Colosseum, the Thermen of Caracalla (L) and the tomb of Caecilia Metella (R), on Ivoren frame, Camillo Buti, in Or Before 1787 Folding range (souvenir faier) with leaf of goat leather, which is divided with gouache at the front in three fields with the Colosseum in the flat -filling, central, oval medallion, on the left in a round medallion in a white field the Thermen van Caracalla and on the right in a ditto medallion and field, the tomb of Caecilia Metella. For the ornamental part of the fan, Buti was inspired by the paintings from the Villa Negroni discovered in 1777. The palmetrands above the left and right fields are derived from rooms C and G. (for the Villa Negroni Zie, H. Joyce, 'The Ancient Frescoes from the Villa Negroni', The Art Bulletin LXV (3), 1983, pp. 423-40) On the back, three, different colored butterflies are spread asymmetrical over the leaf, on which further in the middle an ornament with leaf and PITLOCHRY, PERTHSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, MAY 28. Fans in Blair Atholl Castle near Pitchlochry in Scotland on May 28, 2024 PITLOCHRY, PERTHSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, MAY 28. Fans in Blair Atholl Castle near Pitchlochry in Scotland on May 28, 2024 Copyright: xZoonar.com/PhilxBirdx 21750881Lacquer Comb with Flower-Shaped Roundels. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm). Date: mid-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Blue hand fan open, presenting traditional culture object. Blue hand fan open presenting traditional culture objectFan Made 1845-1872 France. Silk and gauze mount decorated with spangles; pearl sticks and guards with cut steel decoration; gilt loop and rivet .Black silhouettes of chinese, japanese paper folding hand fans. Vector of fan japanese, hand paper black silhouette icon illustration. Black silhouettes of chinese, japanese paper folding hand fansClose-up of four painted parasolsEVENTAIL. "Pages of books", 18th century. Paper and swan skin, gouache, openwork ivory, sculpted and painted. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99064-27 Fashion accessory, EventailTalia kart Pichler, KarlHandscreen, Engraved and hand-colored paper leaf, turned wood handle, Handscreen with paper lear and turned wood handle. Obverse: scrolling cartouche with an interior scene showing a seated woman counting money while a standing woman passes an envelope to a messenger. Reverse: scrolling cartouche with rocaille and the poem 'Femme Adroite.', France, mid- 18th century, costume & accessories, HandscreenFan, early 19th century, 7 1/2 × 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (19.05 × 1.91 × 4.13 cm) (closed), Ivory, ribbon, metal, China, 19th centuryPleated Fan (Spain); painted paper leaf, pierced bone sticks with steel piqués, mother-of-pearl washerPleated Fan (France); painted silk crêpe leaf, painted and carved wood sticksFan Made 1701-1725 France. Carved and painted pearl ivory sticks and guards; painted paper mount; pearl rivet .Fan 1806 Italian. Fan 209476Fan 20th century Japan. Fan. Japan. 20th century. Paper and metal paint / Paint. Brisé range of polypropylene in which circles are saved, connected by red satin ribbon.On one side Narihira and the pilgrim; on the other, chrysanthemums and a brook. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Ink, color and gold on paper. Date: late 17th- early 18th century. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.Colorful hand fan Colorful hand fan isolated on gray Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergiixSvyerchkovx 5934386close up of an bandoneonVector illustration of two japanese folding fans isolated on white.Colorful hand fan Colorful hand fan isolated on gray Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergiixSvyerchkovx 5934324Brisé Fan (Austria); printed paper on wood sticks, silk ribbon, metal bail, ivory washer at rivetTypical artisan mask for traditional masquerade celebration, Iberian Museum of Masks and Costume, Braganza (Bragança),Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal.Display of Japanese fans for sale, Kyoto, Japan. (Editorial Use Only)Rose flowers chinese folding fan poster. Rose flowers chinese folding fan poster. Opened fan with roses pattern vector isolated on black background