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Artistically Designed Fans

A collection of decorative hand fans, showcasing intricate designs, colors, and materials, reflecting the artistry of fashion accessories from the 19th to early 20th century.

EVENTAIL. "Rome", second half of the 19th century. Swan skin and watercolor, openwork and golden black wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Rome Second half XIXth Fashion accessory, Eventail
EVENTAIL. "Rome", second half of the 19th century. Swan skin and watercolor, openwork and golden black wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Rome Second half XIXth Fashion accessory, Eventail
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broken range GAL1970.91.10 Ivory and boneMaison Alphonse Giroux. "Chinese style". Folded range. Face in gouache, golden and burgamed paper, silent back, black lacquered wood frame, gold with paint touches, metal rter garnished with a rhinestone. 1820. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Accessory, black lacquer lacquer, Evening, female, woman, frame, gouache paperFolded range, sheet decor: on 6 rows from top to bottom: 1 round with openwork stars, 1 oval with leaves, 1 round with openwork star, 2 garlands of bay leaves, and finally 1 small round glitter, frame with openwork plant pattern, rivur Gal1986.95.5 Face sheet: Cream wool tarlatan, upper silver paper border, blond horn rowed and steel, silver glitterEVENTAIL. Chinese -inspired garden scene. Watercolor on paper, openwork and painted ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99102-2 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Rome", second half of the 19th century. Swan skin and watercolor, openwork and golden black wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Rome Second half XIXth Fashion accessory, EventailPleated Fan; paper leaf with gilded and hand-colored lithograph; carved bone sticks, mother-of-pearl guardsFolding fan, Lace leaf with hand-painted silk medallions; gilded and carved ebony sticks piqué with steel discs, Black lace fan with two appliquéd black silk cartouches, hand painted with scenes: one of a reclining woman with a basket of flowers, the other a putto with a tambourine. Embroidered with gold and silver spangles. Sticks are ebony with gilt decoration and piqué with steel discs., France, ca. 1880, costume & accessories, Folding fanAdvertising and advertising for the "Brewer tour", with some scenes, 1895. Printed paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Brewer tour with a few scenes, 1895 Fashion accessory, EventailFan unknownBrisé Fan. Europe, 1825. Costumes; Accessories. Horn sticks, steel button, silver metallic rivetEVENTAIL. "Delivery of flags on a platform; sailors". Lace, jasper scales. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Delivery of flags on platform; sailors Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Declaration of Human Rights". Paper, rosewood and ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99105-22 Fashion accessory, EventailPleated fan, Paper and parchment leaf with hand-colored lithograph, carved, painted and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks, Pleated fan. Narrow leaf with hand-colored lithograph on paper backed with painted parchment; sticks of carved and incised mother-of-pearl, washer and metal loop at the rivet. The obverse shows a garden party with a central cartouche of a gentlemen with two ladies. The reverse has a girl and boy playing a pipe. Both sides have a gilt border and decoration., France, ca. 1840, costume & accessories, Pleated fanFolded range, Gal1963.48.9 Painted yellow muslin leaf, openwork and golden natural wooden frameEVENTAIL. "Woman picking flowers". EVENTAIL OF THE VAUL-CERNAY VAULA-CLUCK festival, 1899. Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Vaux Cernay Vaux-Club celebration 1899; Woman Picking Flowers Fashion accessory, Eventailbroken range Gal1986.270.7 Horn studded and painted cutEVENTAIL. "Monnier transvestite in jockey deserting the National Assembly, the lantern in rump ...". Paper, colored engraving, tinted wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. entail: "Monnier transvestite in jockey deserting the National Assembly, the lantern in rump ..." Revolution Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Dramatic follies program". Print paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: dramatic follies program Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Portrait of the Duke of Guise" (royalist), edited by the "panache". Print paper, bone enhanced gilding. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Portrait of the Duke of Guise; royalist; edited by the panache Fashion accessory, EventailFolding range with a sheet of paper, on which three cartouches of gold paint at the front in which pastoral scenes (fishermen, shepherdin, farmer's) and the rear are a fisherman under a tree, on an ivory of Ivory Ajour and in relief with 'Métal and Quatre Couleurs', Anonymous, c. 1775 - c. 1780 The three fields on the front of the magazine are entirely dominated by the idealized, unspoiled country life; In the middle a gallant group that is fishing, on the left a pastroral scene with a shepherdess and on the right a farmer's wife who comes back from milking with the yoke on the shoulders and stuffed buckets. Because of the hill with the castle in the background in the fishing scene, it can be assumed that a middle or southern European example has been used for this performance. It is striking that the performance and frame merge into the two mediallons. Around here flower garlingers who are hung on head nails as a kind of festons in Trompe-l'oeil with rings. On the back of the leaf a fFolded range, painted decor: garland of purple with gold foliage on each fold, strands, in a scale of a room, encrusted with gold -shaped gold glitter.Pleated fan, Gilded paper leaf with chromolithograph, carved and pierced ivory sticks, partially silvered, Pleated fan. Gilded paper leaf with chromolithograph showing four ladies in a garden. Reverse: a man and woman in a medallion flanked by arabesques in silver paint. Carved and pierced ivory sticks with silvered decoration., France, 1830-40, costume & accessories, Pleated fanEVENTAIL. "Meeting of the three orders, in the National Assembly" (Revolution). Paper, gouache engraving, openwork ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. At the center, meeting of the three orders at the National Assembly. On the left, the hardness of the time before the meeting. On the right, the abundance following this meeting. Fashion accessory, EventailFolded range, Facing leaf decor: golden openwork metal reborn of silver sequins on each fold, on each counter, fold, golden openwork metal with silver glitter in the upper part and openwork sequins in the lower part, decor forming vegetable rodsFolding range with two paper sheets, on which the question and answer game "L'Oracle" is printed and colored, on a sliced ivory frame with 'Métal and Quatre Couleurs', Anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1790 Folding range with two paper sheets on which the question and answer game L'Oracle is printed and colored, on a sliced ivory frame with 'Métal and Quattre Couleurs'. 15 Non -contiguous ajour processed legs. The paper sheets are printed and painted. On the front is a lucky wheel and two putti, which hold the inscription L'Oracle, central with fortune -tell tables on either side, including questions in a cartouche. On the back there are ten columns with god names and their attributes. The future could be predicted with the question and answer game 'Oracle'. This required two numbers: First of all, they had to choose the number of the question. The second number was obtained by with an ivory arrow, which hung on the fan with a cord (missing here), blindly stinging in the wheel of fortune in the Pleated Fan And Case; painted and gilded paper leaf, gilt bronze guards and sticks with enamel plaques and cut steel, paste gem at rivet headEVENTAIL. Régates sur mer ", 1891. Gouache on beige satin, openwork wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: regattas on sea; 1891 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. View of Beaulieu-sur-Mer and the metropolitan hotel; J. Ganné. Paper lithography, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99096-26 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Young children playing with a tame bird". Paper lithography, openwork bone. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: young children playing with tamed bird Fashion accessory, EventailFan unknownPleated fan, Silk leaf with silk net, embroidered with metallic spangles and stamped metal pieces; sticks of incised horn with applied metallic foil, Pleated fan, silk leaf with silk net, embroidered with metallic spangles and stamped metal pieces in a floral pattern, sticks of incised horn with applied metallic foil. Coral-colored silk with classical ornament in gold metallic., France, ca. 1805, costume & accessories, Pleated fanEVENTAIL. "A woman directs her watering cans towards a man sitting near her". Paper, colored engraving, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: woman directs her watering cans to a man sitting near her Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Two women look at a peasant with a nest". Paper, colored engraving, openwork ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: two women watch a peasant with nest Fashion accessory, EventailPleated Fan; parchment leaf lined with silk and painted with gouache, pierced mother-of-pearl sticks painted with gold and silver, rivet set with faceted stone, gilt metal bailFolded range, Decor Face Face: In a central cartel, a couple and 2ndefants, in 2 lateral medallions, view of ports with a boat, the cartels are underlined by glitter and the leaf is decorated with plant patterns, setting decor: on the throat, in a central cartel, a boat and a lighthouse, on each side, a cartel with a vase, on the plume, the same boat in a medallion, below which is a flowery plant planted in a box. GAL1981.95.6 Face sheet: In silk -painted silk silk, golden, golden with flashy applications, silk back or satin, ivory frame, sewn sequins, remediedFan 1885-95 French. Fan 156816EVENTAIL. "The funeral pump of the Clergy of France, who died in the National Assembly, November 2, 1789". Paper, gouache, ivory engraving, net guards. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99056-12 Fashion accessory, EventailFolding Fan: Chantilly Lace, c. 1870. France (probably), 19th century. Black "Chantilly" lace over silk lining, white silk tassel; frame: mother-of-pearl; radius: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.); spread: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.).Folded fan, mount stamped with a crushed pattern of silver stylized flowers. GAL2001.272.1 Bordeaux satin leaf, golden metal bélière, burgundy silk glans, stamped red leather frameLace fan unknownFolded range. Chantilly lace sheet, mother -of -pearl frame. Between 1860 and 1870. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Chantilly lace, feminine, woman, mother -of -pearl mountFolded range, Face sheet decor: Small garlands of field flowers.Henriot. EVENTAIL. "Théâtre des Varieties" (service firefighter), 1897. Printed light silk, white lacquered wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: "Théâtre des Varieties", service firefighter; HENRIOT 1897 Fashion accessory, EventailFolded range GAL1963.48.8 Starch pink cheeky leaf, pink wooden frame in torsadeFolded range GAL1981.95.108 Leaf at the point with the needle, scale and ivory frameLandscape: Mountains, river, buildings and moon. ink on paper. Date: late 16th century. Origin: Japan. Period: Muromachi period. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.Folding fan covered with a figural scene and a pheasant motif among flowers unknownFan unknownEVENTAIL. "GALANTERIE", 18th century. Gouache on silk, embroidery and sequins, openwork and painted ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99064-7 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Universal exhibition of 1900" (Russian Asian Palace, Concorde, etc.). Paper printing, wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Universal Exhibition of 1900 (Russian Asian Palace, Concorde, etc.) Fashion accessory, EventailEventail, northern railways, seaside resort of Touquet (back) ". Anonymous. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 55799-2 Tree, northern railway, Evening, sea, Touquet Balneaire Station, backRange painting Yama Uba and Kintaro. Signed printed representation on paper painted on the mounted bamboo range; In a silk cloth in a wooden box. The front with a representation of an old woman with diabolical pulling, looking up with a blushing pink boy; Around her one through the moon luminated rock landscape with a khaki fruit in a basket on a branch. The back with running water in a rock landscape. Close performances on front and back when it at the light look at each other. The box signed by the owner, probably Fujisawa Nangaku (1842-1920).Pleated fan, Printed and hand-colored paper leaf with gilding and applied paper, pierced bone sticks with gold and silver foil, mirrors on guards, Pleated fan. Printed and hand-colored paper leaf. Obverse: coronation scene of Marie de Medici, surrounded by gilding and appliquéd paper designs. Reverse: chinoiserie scene. Pierced bone sticks with gold and silver foil decorations. Mirrors on guards., Probably France, 19th century, costume & accessories, Pleated fanFolding range with a double leaf made of cream satin painted with colorful flowering branches, birds and butterflies, on drowned ivory frame, outdoor legs cut into relief, anonymous, c. 1850 Folding range with a double leaf of cream satin, the front of which is painted with colorful flowering branches, birds and butterflies. The rear is divided into three flower pieces painted in grisaille with butterflies and birds. Marabolates are on the top edge of the fan. The drowned ivory frame has 16 contiguous legs, on which flowers and Chinese figures. The outdoor legs are cut into deep relief with flowers, animals and figures. On the fan a silver fan ring and mother -of -pearl disc near the closing pin. Canton leaf: Silk. leaf: Oil Paint (Paint). sheet:. frame: Ivory. fan ring: Silver (Metal). Disc: Mother of Pearl painting / cutting Folding range with a double leaf of cream satin, the front of which is painted with colorful flowering branches, birds and butterflies. The rear is divided into EVENTAIL. Golden rose motif. Broken, blond horn. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail : roses d'or Fashion accessory, EventailFan 1800-1815 French. Fan 168286Laces, 18th century. Fan with bobbin lace page, beginning 1700's, and ribs of a later period.EVENTAIL. "Romance of Nina; three young women singing in a park". Paper, gouache engraving, fruit wood frame. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Romance of Nina; Three young women singing in a park Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "The genius of freedom crowning the Republic". Paper, ivory, rivet: ivory and steel. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99053-3 Fashion accessory, Event, Revolutionary Periode, French RevolutionFolded range, Faced decor: Decor of scrolls and flowers, 3 cartels: the one on the right and left represent a gallant scene, in the center, a young woman is crowned by another in front of a young man, holding a basket of apples, and a third young femm Gal1986.270.13 Blue and gold lithographed paper sheet, cut to accommodate 3 vignettes brought back in chromolithographic and gouache paper.Pleated Fan; paper leaf backed with parchment, gilded and painted with watercolour, carved and pierced ivory sticks with silver and gold spangles, mother-of-pearl plaque at rivetBroken range, facing and back decor: the strands are alternately painted from myosotis, panache decor: inlaid of turquoise stones. GAL1966.44.7 Face sheet: blonde scales, eye of turquoise stone rter, plumes in blonde cutting and repercussions, repercussions and painted, silver metal rivet, turquoise blue ribbonBrisé fan, Bronze filigree sticks with enamel; bronze guards with chased silver, silk ribbon, Brisé fan of bronze filigree decorated with blue and green enamel. The guards are covered with a chased silver design of figures, trees, and buildings., ca. 1830, costume & accessories, Brisé fanFan 1770-74 French. Fan 209581. The support part of the frame is ajour cut. Folding ranger with a leaf of needle side with roses, branches and leaf rocolo motifs on a blond tortoise frame.EVENTAIL. "Assignats". Paper, mahogany and ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99105-30 Fashion accessory, Event, Revolutionary Periode, French RevolutionFan early 19th century French. Fan 209893Fan 18th century French. Fan. French. 18th century. Silk, metal thread, ivory, glass, gold and silver foil. FansPleated Fan (France); paper leaf with hand-colored etching and stipple engraving; carved wood sticks inlaid with steel discs, guards inlaid with mother-of-pearl, steel discs, and stones; mother-of-pearl washer at the rivetEVENTAIL. "King Dagobert". Paper, black printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: "King Dagobert Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Death or freedom". Paper, ivory, mother -of -pearl rter and brass. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99106-15 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Couple with dog, decor of flowers and arabesques". Opening ivory strands and silver encrusted, silk gouache, sequined sequins. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99053-23 Fashion accessory, EventailBrisé Fan; gilded and painted horn sticks with steel paillettes, gilt metal bail and faceted stone at rivet, silk ribbon and tasselEVENTAIL. "Torreros parade", Spain, late 19th century. Paper lithography, varnished wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99096-6 Fashion accessory, EventailType -shaped horn. Broken, Terp shade horn. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Broken gyps Fashion accessory, EventailFolded range GAL2001.274.1 Leaf in fine black straw marquetry sewn on the face and black taffeta on the back, metal bail, brown exotic wooden frame, bisal plumesFolded range, leaf decor face 3 cartels: in the center, a gallant scene, a young man offers a basket of flowers to a young girl, in the left side cartel, a young man plays the triangle, in the right side cartel, a young Girl holds a ribbon, between each, floral decor and superimposed medallions decorated with flowers, frame decor: on the throat, floral motifs and central cartel with 2 hearts burning on the altar of love, on the plumes, the attributes of the 'Love are taken up, 2 doves above an altar, and a quiver placed as a trophy on a pedestal. Gal1986.270.4 Facing sheet: sewn silk and sequins, silk silk frame, silver ivory frame, painted gouacheLace fan Unknown, Firma: Buissot, 46 zue from the little EcuziesPleated Fan (France); gilded paper leaf with hand-colored engraving, painted wood sticks with ivory on guardsFolded range, GAL1960.59.6 Black muslin leaf, black sulpted wooden frameFolding fan with leg frame and fan blade of silk with green and white diamond, folding range impeller clothing accessory women's clothing clothes leg ivory silk wood metal horn, textile Folding fan with frame of connected legs of leg or ivory with small hand part. Range leaf of green white checkered silk glued fastening. Sixteen unprocessed legs inside with wooden supports Pin and washer cool womanEVENTAIL. "The gallant message". Paper, colored engraving, light wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: "The gallant message"; A man offers a bouquet to a sleeping woman on a bench. Fashion accessory, EventailFolded range, Facing decor: 2 equivalent scenes share the upper leaf, on the left, a couple plays while another converse looking at a child, on the right, 3 people play and 2 ladies are seated, all on the background of a country landscape , the lower sheet shows 2 couples on a landscape background. Gal1981.95.47A Sheet: Paper and gouache side, golden and silver, ditto back, carved mother -of -pearl frame, rtering made of a stoneFan late 18th-early 19th century Chinese. Fan. Chinese. late 18th-early 19th century. Lacquered wood. FansEVENTAIL. "Various views of the Principality of Monaco". Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Various views of the Principality of Monaco Fashion accessory, EventailBrisé fan, Painted bone sticks, silk ribbon, rivet set with a stone, Brisé fan. Bone sticks painted to resemble vernis martin. Obverse: musical group in a landscape, chinoiserie scene at gorge. Reverse: a rural landscape with a church spire. Rivet is set with a ruby-colored stone. Tortoise shell on guards., France, late 19th century, costume & accessories, Brisé fanFan 1791 Italian. Fan 209495broken range GAL1966.30.3 Ivory and boneFan. Culture: German. Designer: Oscar Sauerwald. Date: 1880-89. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.origami peacock India Asia Copyright: xVirenxDesai/DinodiaxPhotoxFolded range, sheet decor: 2 pavots in cartels, central cartel decorated with a double "L" surmounted by a count crown. GAL2002.157.1A Chantilly leaf in black hand, Bélière in blonde scales, black cut -off glans, blonde scales frameEVENTAIL. "The five senses of nature," the four seasons "(figures and scenes relating to taste, sight, smell, etc.). Paper, colored engraving, ivory branches and green lacquered guards on strands . Paris, Carnavalet museum. entail: "The five senses of nature", "The four seasons"; Figures and scenes relating to taste, sight, smell ... Fashion accessory, EventailFan. Culture: Chinese. Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (18.4 x 32.4 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.EVENTAIL. "Notre Dame de Lorette sent to Paris by General Bonaparte" (idol bearing a child with a tiara). Paper, colored engraving, fruit wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: "Notre Dame de Lorette sent to Paris by General Bonaparte"; Idol bearing child with tiara. Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Butterflies", late 19th century. Black Etoffe, black wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99087-31 Fashion accessory, EventailFan 1750-1800 French. Fan 209824Chinese fanPleated Fan And Case; Distributed by Tiffany and Co. (United States); linen bobbin lace leaf, sticks of unidentified materialBrisé fan whole of ivory, anonymous, c. 1890 - c. 1900 Brisé fan whole of ivory. The 19 consecutive legs are unadorned and connected to each other through a silk ribbon. Fan ring from ivory, brush and loop of silk. Netherlands (possibly) frame: Ivory. Lint: Silk. Brush: Silk cutting Brisé fan whole of ivory. The 19 consecutive legs are unadorned and connected to each other through a silk ribbon. Fan ring from ivory, brush and loop of silk. Netherlands (possibly) frame: Ivory. Lint: Silk. Brush: Silk cuttingBrisé fan of ajour cut leg, held together with a green satin ribbon, anonymous, c. 1815 - c. 1820 Brisé fan of ajour sliced leg. The pointed ends of the legs are slightly serrated. The 22 legs are held together with a green satin ribbon, lined by the upper part of the frame. The disc at the copper closing pin is made of leg. Netherlands (possibly) whole: Bone (Material). Lint: Silk. Disc: Bone (Material). closing pin: copper (metal) cutting Brisé fan of ajour sliced leg. The pointed ends of the legs are slightly serrated. The 22 legs are held together with a green satin ribbon, lined by the upper part of the frame. The disc at the copper closing pin is made of leg. Netherlands (possibly) whole: Bone (Material). Lint: Silk. Disc: Bone (Material). closing pin: copper (metal) cutting