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Decorative Hand Fans

Elegant hand fans featuring intricate designs and materials, reflecting fashion and art from historical periods.

Eventail: "geometric arrangements of colors". Colorked paper, united ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99055-5 Fashion accessory, Eventail
Eventail: "geometric arrangements of colors". Colorked paper, united ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99055-5 Fashion accessory, Eventail
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Fan 18th century Dutch. Fan. Dutch. 18th century. Paper, ivory, and mother-of-pearl. FansFolded range, GAL1987.84.15 Tulle leaf at the point of mind mounted on canvas, golden metal bail, finely remedied bone frame mounted with sultana, pearl eyeFan. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 32.2 x 25.7 cm (12 11/16 x 10 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ann Gene Buckley.Broken fan, pattern ditto between plumes and blades. GAL1966.44.5 Facing sheet: blond horn, cut and openwork, plumes in blonde horn cut and openwork, silver metal rter, yellow ribbonFan. Culture: Chinese. Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 21 in. (28.6 x 53.3 cm). Date: late 18th-early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Folded fan, Faced in the face: in a garden, a man seated in front of a vase, with around him, an old man and a child, and 2 women, with a plan arrow, on a hill extended by a portico and on the Right a circular temple, whose partially collapsed vault is invaded by vegetation, a statue, and in the distant, a kind of abbey while in the foreground on the left, is a swan in a pond. GAL1981.96.12 Eat, leaf: paper side, gouache, ivory frame picked with silver, mother-of-pearl head and metal rterFolding Fan. Spain, circa 1860-1870. Costumes; Accessories. Paper leaf, papier mché sticks, gold metallic loop, mother-of-pearl buttonFolded range GAL1985.123.23 Black mechanical whipped sheet, black wooden frameFan 1870-89 American. Fan 169781Pleated Fan (Italy); gilded and hand-colored printed paper leaf, ivory sticks carved à jourFolded range Gal1974.23.6A 3 water green ribbons passed in the gauze, sheet in white gauze painted with gouache, mother -in -law inlaid with silverFan mid-19th century Designer: Palamède de Visconty. Fan 209790EVENTAIL. "Young woman holding a fan, floral decor and music instruments", at the end of 18th century. Painted on paper, painted ivory. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99103-23 Fashion accessory, EventailFan unknownEVENTAIL. "Centennaire Bastille 1889". Paper, printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99068-5 Fashion accessory, EventailFan 1885-95 L. Gérard French. Fan 156519broken range GAL1981.95.92 Horn studded and painted cutFan 1860-69 European. Fan 168775Fan 1886 Japanese. Fan 122580Fan 1770-80 French. Fan 209956Fan. Culture: French. Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (27.3 x 50.2 cm). Date: 1770-80. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan 18th century French. Fan 209877Folded range, leaf decor: Border with 3 rows of round sequins with below, wreath pattern, oats, ect. In glitter, star sowing on the rest of the sheet, frame decorated with a vegetable pattern and engraved diamonds. Nails placed regularly. GAL1993.237.X Facing sheet: Cream muslin with golden and silver sequins, upper and lower browned borders, engraved and studded blonde horn, steel rterBrisé Fan. China, circa 1800. Costumes; Accessories. Ivory sticks, mother-of-pearl button, brass metallic rivetorigami peacock India Copyright: xVirenxDesai/DinodiaxPhotoxPleated fan, Printed and hand-colored paper leaf, drilled and painted bone sticks with metallic foil, mirror on one guard, mother-of-pearl washer at rivet, gilt metal bail, Pleated fan. Printed and hand-colored paper leaf. Obverse: a Turkish scene showing a seated man reclining with with women, servants and musicians. Reverse: a Renaissance scene showing bobbin lace making and spinning. Drilled and painted bone sticks with metallic foil. Mirror on one guard. Mother-of-pearl washer at rivet and gilt metal bail., possibly France, late 19th century, costume & accessories, Pleated fanEVENTAIL. "The federation party". Broken in openwork sandalwood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. In the center, the federation party and the fall of the ball. On both sides, portraits of Bailly and La Fayette. Fashion accessory, Evening, French RevolutionFan mid-18th century French This precious fan and its protective case may have been a gift to King Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713-1759) and his wife, Maria Magdalena Barbara, Infanta of Portugal (1711-1758), whose conjoined coat of arms is worked into the lace and its mount.. Fan 209748EVENTAIL. "Marriage of Figaro" (three scenes). Paper, colored engraving, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99063-11 Fashion accessory, EventailFan French last quarter 18th centuryEventail: "Six portraits of the characters compromised in the case of the Queen's necklace". Paper, colored engraving, fruit wood, ivory nets on the guards. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99055-17 Fashion accessory, EventailFolding Fan. France, circa 1860. Costumes; Accessories. Paper leaf, mother-of-pearl sticks, diamond paste and silver metallic rivetFan Chinese 19th century View more. Fan. Chinese. 19th century. Paper and ivory. FansFan ca. 1885 American. Fan. American. ca. 1885. Wood, silk, jet, metalEVENTAIL. "Pastoral scene on the throat". United silk, ivory worked. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99056-24 Fashion accessory, EventailFan ca. 1765 Chinese with European sticks. Fan. Chinese with European sticks. ca. 1765. Paper and ivory. FansParasol. Culture: European. Date: 1850-59.This style of parasol is the ultimate in frivolity and fancifulness. The particularly special element is the lovely carved hand on the spike. Carriage parasols were ostensibly used to shade the wearer from the sun and they were initiated by Queen Victoria in the 1840s when riding in open carriages began. This parasol purportedly belonged to a member of the royal family of Austria during Franz-Joseph's reign (1830-1916), emperor of Austria from 1848-1916. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan 20th century Japan. Fan 68466Scepter with Calligraphy: Moon and Flowers. Japan, 20th century. Paintings. Fan; bamboo, paper, sumi inkBrisé Fan (France); painted bone sticks, silk ribbon, rivet set with a stoneYellow Chinese fan on the white background. (isolated)Fan early 18th century French or Spanish. Fan 209535Fan unknownFan 1855-65 European. Fan 168769Pleated fan, Gouache-painted paper leaf, varnished and gilded wood sticks, silk tassel, Pleated fan painted on obverse with a scene of bullfighting on the left, and a woman in a manton de Manila next to a torero playing the guitar on the right. Reverse: blank. Sticks varnished red and gilded. Silk tassel., Cuba, 1884, costume & accessories, Pleated fanEVENTAIL. "France by Brienne on the edge of its tomb led by Necker will be reborn again" (with frame in supervision). Paper, colored engraving, rosewood, ivory net around the guards. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: France by Brienne on the edge of its tomb led by Necker will be reborn again; Song supervision. Revolution Fashion accessory, EventailPleated Fan; paper leaf with gilded and hand-colored lithograph; carved and pierced ivory sticksPleated fan, Gessoed and painted silk gauze leaf; carved and incised mahogany sticks with stamped gold; silk ribbon, Pleated fan with leaf of gessoed and painted silk. Sticks of carved and incised mahogany with stamped gold flowers. Guards carved à jour with stamped gilt flower ornament. Fan leaf has a slightly arched shape, USA, ca. 1905, costume & accessories, Pleated fanFan fourth quarter 18th century French. Fan 173739Pleated Fan (France); printed and embossed paper leaf, painted wood sticksFolding Fan: Landscape with Ancient Ruins, c. 1790. France (probably), 18th century. Leaf: gouache on skin; frame: pierced ivory with metal and mother-of-pearl inlays; radius: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.); spread: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.).Fan mid-19th century Bertrand French. Fan. French. mid-19th century. Paper, mother-of-pearl, gilt. FansFan late 17th-early 18th century French or Dutch. Fan 209602Ivory fan unknownFan 1860-69 Spanish. Fan 156516Brisé Fan; painted and gilded ivory sticks, silk ribbonEVENTAIL. "Portrait of Queen Victoria to her jubilee in 1897". Printed paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Portrait of Queen Victoria to her jubilee in 1897; advertisement Fashion accessory, EventailFan Made 1801-1900 India. Carved sandal wood .Fan 1723-74 French. Fan 209601Advertising event. Brewing tour program: "The instruction is to snore" and "Tricoche and Cagolet", Vaudevilles, 1893. White silk, openwork bone. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99086-16 Fashion accessory, EventailFan, sheet decor: floral composition, frame decor: golden floral patterns. GAL1964.100.27 Parchment paper painted with gouache, wooden frame painted in goldFan ca. 1898 French. Fan. French. ca. 1898. cotton, plasticbroken range GAL1958.76.2 Tinted and painted cutting hornFolded range Gal1974.23.7a Black lace sheet on red gauze, wooden frameFan unknownFan late 18th century French. Fan 101171Fan late 19th century American or European. Fan 104624Fan 1815-40 French. Fan 209716Brisé Fan; pierced and carved ivory sticks, silk ribbonEVENTAIL. "Souvenir of the ascent of the Eiffel Tower", view of the exhibition of 1889. Paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99106-23 Fashion accessory, EventailBrisé fan.A brisé fan consists of overlapping sticks secured only at the top and bottom. The scene in the middle of this fan is derived from an English print of 1792. The women depicted to either side seem to have been inspired by English fashion magazines.EVENTAIL. Animal patterns: butterfly, hawk. Paper, bamboo. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99076-30 Fashion accessory, EventailFolding Fan. Spain, 1890s. Costumes; Accessories. Paper leaf with glitter, silver embossed wood sticks, brass metallic button, silver metallic rivetBrisé Fan, with representations of Chinese landscapes Chinese, for the European Market 19th century View more. Brisé Fan, with representations of Chinese landscapes. Chinese, for the European Market. 19th century. Wood. FansFan early 18th century French. Fan 209498Museum of the Orient. Mandarin folding fan. China. 19th century. Lisbon. Portugal.Fan Made 1701-1800 France. Carved ivory sticks and guards; painted paper mount; top of sticks wood, plain black; pearl rivet; sticks backed with pearl .Fan 1774-85 French. Fan 209950REVERSO DEL ABANICO CON EL RETRATO DE LA EMPERATRIZ EUGENIA DE MONTIJO - SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. EUGENIA DE GUZMAN. EUGENIA EMPERATRIZ. TEBA CONDESA DE. PALAFOX PORTOCARRERO Y KIRKPATRICK MARIA EUGENIA. EUGENIA DE MONTIJO (1826-1920) ESPOSA NAPOLEON III.Brisé fan, Carved ivory sticks, silk ribbon, glass stone, Brisé fan with carved ivory sticks. A monogram in an oval medallion at the center is flanked by pagodas on either side. The ground is filled with an overall design of small flowering vine and birds, with a lace-like effect achieved by the carving of fine vertical lines to create a sheer ground for the solid motifs., China, for export to Europe, ca. 1785, costume & accessories, Brisé fanFan. Culture: probably Dutch. Date: third quarter 18th century.The pierced decoration of the sticks on this fan is unusually detailed, refined and complex. They were undoubtedly imported from China, where techniques for fine ivory carving had been practiced for centuries. The scenes of affectionate family life have a particular intimacy when depicted on a personal accessory. The still life imagery on the reverse leaf evokes Dutch still life paintings. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan, 19th century, Unknown French, 21 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (54.61 x 31.8 cm) (framed, mounted), Black lace, ivory sticks, France, 19th centuryFan 18th century French or Dutch. Fan 209844Pleated fan, Painted silk leaf, imitation tortoise shell sticks, Painted double taffeta leaf, black on one side and light green on the other. Obverse: scene of a lady in Japanese dress with a parasol against a landscape. Fine and delicate workmanship. Sticks: imitation tortoise shell., France, 1870-80, costume & accessories, Pleated fanCase (Inrō) with Design of Fans early 19th century Japan. Case (Inrō) with Design of Fans 58588Folding range with scalloped cotton mesh leaves completely painted as butterfly in pink, silver and white, on a wooden frame, tutin, c. 1900 - c. 1920 Folding range with scalloped cotton mesh leaves completely painted as butterfly in pink, silver and white, on a wooden frame. Model: Leaf on the top sculpted. Plain, white wooden frame. Decoration: The mesh and the frame are painted at the front. The four scallops form the wings of the butterfly FranceAvenue de l'Opéra Leaf: Cotton (textile). Painting: Gouache (Paint). Painting: Paint (coating). frame: Wood (plant material). fan ring: copper (metal) cutting Folding range with scalloped cotton mesh leaves completely painted as butterfly in pink, silver and white, on a wooden frame. Model: Leaf on the top sculpted. Plain, white wooden frame. Decoration: The mesh and the frame are painted at the front. The four scallops form the wings of the butterfly FranceAvenue de l'Opéra Leaf: Cotton (textile). Painting: Gouache (Paint). Painting: PaintFan. Culture: European. Date: 1855-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan early 18th century Italian. Fan 209534Fan 1855-65 European. Fan 156581Fan 18th century French. Fan 209875Folding Fan with Scene of Figures in a Courtyard Garden Chinese, for the European Market 19th century View more. Folding Fan with Scene of Figures in a Courtyard Garden. Chinese, for the European Market. 19th century. Paper and wood. FansAntique Chinese fanPleated Fan; paper leaf gilded and painted with gouache, pierced, carved, and gilded ivory sticks, mother-of-pearl guards, pin set with a brilliantBroken range, flower decor, strands in the shape of petals painted garlands of flowers and 2 birds. GAL1992.238.1A Silk petals in moire gouache cream, swan line has almost disappeared, bélière in gilded metal, ivory frameParasol 1850-60 American Parasols, such as this, reached miniature sizes in the 1850s and 1860s. Coincidentally, the size of hats at this time was also small. This parasol was a frivolity which served no function but acted as an adornment around the head, serving the purpose of a large hat. This piece is special, for fewer parasols from this period exist in museums than from the 1870s onward.. Parasol. American. 1850-60. silk, wood, metal, ivoryWooden fan unknownBrisé fan, Painted and gilded ivory sticks, silk ribbon, gilt metal bail, mother-of-pearl at rivet, hair tassel, Brisé fan. Ivory sticks painted to resemble 'vernis martin' showing flowers and gilding along the border and a large central cartouche containing eighteenth century-style figures in a garden with musician. Silk connecting ribbon. Gilt metal bail and mother-of-pearl at rivet. Hair tassel., France, 1875-1900, costume & accessories, Brisé fanFan, early 19th century, 7 1/2 × 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (19.05 × 1.91 × 3.18 cm) (closed), Ivory, ribbon, metal, China, 19th centuryFan Chinese 19th century View more. Fan. Chinese. 19th century. Silver, brass, paper, and silk. FansPleated Fan (France); silk leaf painted with gouache, carved and stained wood sticks