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Historical Folding Fans

A series of decorative folding fans from different eras, featuring artistic designs, historical scenes, and intricate details in paper and ivory construction.

Eventail: "To the glory of the French nation". Revolution ". Paper, Fruit wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99058-14 Fashion accessory, Eventail
Eventail: "To the glory of the French nation". Revolution ". Paper, Fruit wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99058-14 Fashion accessory, Eventail
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. Mother of pearl frame with junction at closing pin; 16 not matched legs with three medallions with sheet silver and gold leaf; Paper leaf painted in watercolor with a ball champêtre, five people and two bagpipes blazers under shelter, backside with churchCabriolet fan. unknown, authorFolded range, painted patterns: thoughts and purple, sculpted plume representing a butterfly spinning a flower and a dragonfly flying in the art new style. GAL1960.72.15 Leaf in pink pink salmon pink painted with gouache and bordered by a matching picot, throat decorated with golden flowers, pink lacquered wood frame, wooden plume cut into gold and silver gradientsPleated Fan And Case; linen leaf embroidered by machine and by hand, carved and pierced celluloid sticks, cardboard case lined with silk satinLivingFan 1870-90 possibly Chinese. Fan 169634Folded rangeFan mid-19th century possibly French. Fan 209666Fan 18th century German. Fan. German. 18th century. Paper, ivory, mother-of-pearl, paint, gilt, glass. FansEVENTAIL. Golden palmette pattern and steel sequins. Pattern closed crown and JB letters, added by the legatee. Broken, scales. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: gold palmettes and steel sequins; Crown closed and JB (reason added by legatee) Fashion accessory, EventailFan first half 19th century possibly French. Fan 209665Fan 1870-89 American or European. Fan 118742Pleated Fan And Case; linen lace leaf, pierced mother-of-pearl sticks with applied gold foil, pearl buttons at rivetFan 1863 Spanish. Fan. Spanish. 1863. Parchment, paint, gilt, satin, ivory, silver gilt, metal gilt. FansEVENTAIL. "Plans and doors of the 1857 exhibition at the Champ de Mars". Paper, wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: plans and doors of the 1857 exhibition at the Champ de Mars Fashion accessory, Eventailbroken rangeS. French. EVENTAIL. "General baker on horseback". Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: General baker on horseback; S. French Fashion accessory, EventailBrisé fan. Culture: probably French. Date: first quarter 18th century.Fans such as this are known as "Vernis Martin" because the Martin family developed a varnish for furnishing objects in the early 18th century and became known for that invention. Varnish was subsequently used on European-made fans to imitate Chinese lacquer. As there is no documentation that the Martin family ever made fans, the association with the family may be unfounded. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.. Brisé range from wood on which a Chinese scene on both sides a cartouche in paintwork of two colors gold on a black surface. The impeller has 24 contiguous legs that are kept together with a purple satin ribbon. The three small cartouches against the top edge and the large central cartouche contain Chinese figures at pavilions. The compartments are framed with a band in which springs or spiral shapes. The background of the impeller consists of a brown-black grain and with large red gold flowers. The difference with the front and back of the impeller is only a detail: a round or a square table. The fan ring is made of metal.Fan unknownEVENTAIL. "Wood landscape". Broken, openwork and painted wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99080-28 Fashion accessory, EventailBrisé fan and case, Ivory sticks painted in oil and finished with Vernis Martin, tortoise shell guards, silk ribbon, faceted stone at rivet, Brisé fan. Ivory sticks painted in oil and finished with Vernis Martin. Obverse: divided into leaf and gorge area, the former decorated with a central cartouche containing an outdoor scene with figures in 18th century dress. The gorge contains a miniature of a lady srrouned by medallions and motifs of Chinese inspiration. Reverse: a harvest scene. Tortoise shell guards. Silk ribbon. Rivet is set with a faceted ruby colored stone., France, early 18th century, costume & accessories, Brisé fan and caseFan. Date/Period: 1800-10. Fan. Medium: ivory, silver, spangles, mother-of-pearl, paper, and parchment. Author: UNKNOWN.EVENTAIL. "Gender scenes, 18th century inspired costumes". Printing on paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: genre scenes, costumes inspired by the 17th Fashion accessory, EventailDuvelleroy house. Eventail for the Carlton Hotel. "Coronation 1902". Royal wreaths connected by garlands of roses, thuds and clovers. Printing paper enhanced watercolor, varnished wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: "Coronation 1902", royal crowns connected by garlands of roses, thistles and clovers; Carlton Hotel; Duvelleroy Fashion accessory, EventailFan unknownEVENTAIL. Advertising object of the Western railway. "Various views", 1898. Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99098-10 Fashion accessory, EventailBrisé Fan (China); carved, pierced and painted ivory sticks with tortoise thumbguard and glass rivet, leather ribbonFan ca. 1835 Spanish. Fan 209805Folded range, leaf decor: lace decorated with leaves, butterflies, knots surmounted by cartridges. Gal1993.311.1 Leaf in fine duchess, dismantled bélière and rtering, mother -of -pearl figures, pearl of the oriental mother -of -pearlbroken range GAL2001.18.1A Light natural wood, strands side by side and 2 rows double at the top of the leaf, varnished plumes, golden rtering and blessedFan 18th century French. Fan 120760Pleated Fan (Italy); painted paper leaf, carved ivory sticks, glass stone at rivetBrisé fan, Carved and pierced ivory, metal, silk ribbon, Brisé fan. Ivory sticks finely carved in designs of landscapes with human figures, birds, and flowers with initials 'A.G.' in medallion; rows of small metal discs., China, mid-19th century, costume & accessories, Brisé fanEVENTAIL. Navigation on Lake Geneva. Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99097-9 Fashion accessory, EventailPleated Fan; painted paper leaf, carved, pierced and painted ivory sticks. Folding impairment consisting of a pearl frame and a leaf of application side with an intermediate seam of silk painted with tempura with musician angels. Frame: in open position semicircular and the legs connected. All legs are equally decorated, à jour cut and engraved with a flower branch. Gold colored bracket with silver colored button. Leaf: Application side of climbing side and single needle side, appliqued on tulle. Lace pattern: edges of roses and c-voluten within which series branches and poppies (). Painting on the scalloped intermediate site: on light blue silk satin sky flying musicing angels, close together, above some clouds.EVENTAIL. "Politics", 1848. Black printing paper, tinted wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99081-31 Fashion accessory, EventailFan. Culture: French. Date: 1715-25. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Folding Fan. Spain, circa 1860. Costumes; Accessories. Paper leaf, mother of pearl sticks, mother-of-pearl button, brass metallic rivetFan. Culture: Austrian. Designer: Rodeck Brothers. Date: 1895. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan unknownFan. Culture: probably French. Date: ca. 1710. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan 18th century French. Fan 210099Pleated Fan And Case; Distributed by Tiffany and Co. (United States); silk bobbin lace leaf, tortoise shell sticksFan Made 1870-1890 France. tortoiseshell( ), ribs, slips, and guardsticks; silk, bobbin lace .Folding Fan. E. Christophe (France, 1827-1892). France, circa 1895. Costumes; Accessories. Paper leaf, bone sticks, gilded brass metallic loop, brass metallic button and rivet, silk tasselEVENTAIL. "Souvenir of Saint Quentin, 1557-1897". Printing on paper, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Eventail: Souvenir of Saint Quentin 1557-1897 Ernest Kees brand, a French brandBrisé fan, Lacquered, painted and gilded wood sticks, silk ribbon and tassels, gilt metal bail, Brisé fan. Lacquered wood sticks; black ground with figures in landscape, surrounded with borders and other decorative detail exquisitely painted in two tones of gold and minute touches of vermillion. Reversible, so the in one direction, the composition seems to be thrown out of proper relation. Black silk ribbon. Red and green silk tassels. Gilt metal bail., China, early 19th century, costume & accessories, Brisé fanbroken range, GAL1981.95.50 Martin varnishEvent "in the sun". Braided raffia. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99100-26 Fashion accessory, EventailFan 18th century Dutch. Fan. Dutch. 18th century. Paper and tortoiseshell. FansFolding a leaf with a sheet of paper on a frame of unforced wood, in the middle one, with watercolor colored, amor with left and right an amorous text, scattered lovers on the leaf. Folding ranger with a sheet of paper on a frame of unfinished wood. In the middle one, with watercolor colored, amor with left and right an amorous text. Lovers scattered on the leaf. Decoration: Amor sitting on a overgrown hill with a branch in which two pigeons (). On the right the text: 'L'Amour Fait Sentinelle', left: 'Garre à vous'. A number of rows of metal lovers spread over the magazine. The leaf is off at the top with a narrow strip of green paper. Under the locking legs pearl slices. The back of the leaf is unfromed.Fan late 18th century Italian. Fan. Italian. late 18th century. Parchment, paint, ivory, silver, colored foil, glass, metal. FansPleated Fan (France); lace leaf with silk satin backing; mother-of-pearl sticksBrisé Fan; painted and gilded ivory sticksBrisé Fan; pierced bone sticks, silk ribbon, faceted stone and mother-of-pearl at rivetFan third quarter 18th century Dutch. Fan 209635Fan, 19th century, Unknown, 14 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (36.83 x 21.6 cm) (framed, mounted), Horn, pierced and gilded, 19th centuryPleated Fan; painted parchment and silk leaf; carved, pierced and painted ivory sticks backed with mother-of-pearl, rivet set with faceted stone, cast gilt metal bailPleated Fan (France); silk leaf embroidered with gold and silver sequins; pierced ivory sticksFolded range Gal1963.48.4 Black moire leaf, openwork black wooden frameFan French late 19th centuryFan Chinese 19th century View more. Fan. Chinese. 19th century. Paper and ivory. FansFolded rangeFan. Culture: European. Date: 1855-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Brisé Fan (France); carved wood sticks with hand-colored engraved paper medallionsFolded range, Gal1972.25.1 Black whipped sheet, blonde scales frameYellow Chinese fan on the white background. (isolated)Fan. Culture: British. Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 17 7/8 in. (24.1 x 45.4 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fan ca. 1750 Netherlandish or Dutch. Fan 209982EVENTAIL. Advertising object of the northern railway. Line "Boulogne-Berck". Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99098-22 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Marchand", Directory period. Colorful printing on paper, rosewood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99072-2 Fashion accessory, EventailEVENTAIL. "Festival of the Federation" (Revolution). Paper, gouache engraving, fruit wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Military demonstrations of soldiers dance a round around the altar of the fatherland, on which the office is celebrated. On both sides, the eight verses of a song Air Vive Henri IV / This is the federation party .... Fashion accessory, EventailFolding Fan with Box. China, circa 1890. Costumes; Accessories. a) Fan: Silk satin leaf, wood sticks and guards; b) Box: Wood, painted silk liningFolded fan, Face Leaf: In a central cartel, England is personified in the guise of a woman wearing a helmet and a spear with her a shield in the colors of the English flag and behind her is lying a lion, facing her a personificationFan ca. 1785 German. Fan. German. ca. 1785. Parchment and ivory. FansFan late 19th century Tiffany & Co.. Fan 120409Pleated fan, Franz Widnmann, (German, 1846-1910), Vellum leaf backed with plain parchment, painted with gouache; carved, pierced and painted mother-of-pearl sticks, Leaf of painted vellum backed with plain parchment showing a street scene in Nuremberg. Sticks of carved, pierced and painted mother-of-pearl with figures of Cupid and Psyche within gilded scrolls. Guards: carved cherubs and gilded floral ornament., Germany, 1880, costume & accessories, Pleated fan. Folding rough, irregular sculpt, with a double silk sheet on which the front is painted in a love couple in a pastoral environment, on a carved frame of plastic with a copper fan ring. Copper fan ring with eye, mother-of-pearl slice to close pin; 16 Continuous legs cut, gold-plated and silver-plated in floral motif; Right J.F.Baguier, on left-forward-bone 'Déposé'.Folded range, Face of the leaf in front: architectural decor of cuts in cardboard cut "at the cathedral", on the palmettes 2-4-6-7-9-11-13 warhead windows, in which for the palmettes 4-7 -11 register 3 characters in historizing costumes at the same time GAL2001.273.1 White, leaf face: embossed cardboard palmettes and gouache, golden powder gilding, etching decor, gouacage in the towel in camaieu on 4 faces, palmettes finished in "pinnacles", pink l, On the side: yellow colors gold, pistachio greenFan first half 19th century French. Fan. French. first half 19th century. Paper, ivory, gilt, paillettes, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl. FansFan Made 1843-1863 United States. Painted white silk, rose wreaths and scrolling ornaments; ivory sticks, pierced and decorated with silver; pearl rivet .Fan 1750-70 Italian. Fan 156573Duvelleroy, J. Lavellaz. EVENTAIL. "Celestial harmonies" in its case, 1890-1895. Watercolor on swan skin, mother -of -pearl. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99089-3 Fashion accessory, EventailThe Pre-Catelan-Armenonville-Café de Paris ". Folded fan. Mechanical tulle embellished with glass pearls and sequins fixed on sheet in 7 vertical rows, leaf of printed crystal paper 2 colors in line (red and gilded bronze), Back in embossed crystal paper, laminated on a leaf face, a slightly worked frame. Around 1910. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Eventail, feminine, woman, glitter, glass pearl, mechanical tulleEngland, London, Greenwich, The Fan Museum, Display of Historical FansEVENTAIL. Scenes with Louis XVI (front). "Farewell from Louis XVI to his family". Paper, glued vignettes, bamboo. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99079-5 Fashion accessory, counter-revolution, Eventailtraditional Chinese decorationOrville Cline, Fan, c 1941 FanFolded range, Facing sheet decor: flowers.Fan Made 1870 England. Silk, bobbin straight lace; underlaid with silk, warp-float faced 7 1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave; mother-of-pearl sticks and guards; gilt-metal loop and rivet with Rhinestone inset .EVENTAIL. Advertising object of the Midi railway. "Various panoramas", around 1900. Paper printing, common wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99098-12 Fashion accessory, EventailFan 1880-89 French. Fan 168342Fan Chinese 19th century View more. Fan. Chinese. 19th century. Paper, tortoiseshell, silk, and ivory. FansParasol with deck of cream -colored tulle tulle and machine side on a stick of wooden stick with a handle of spotted wood, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1915 Parasol with deck of cream -colored tulle tulle in a winding flower pattern. Along the edge and halfway is set in between. Feeded with soft rose crepe Georgette with a pleated strip. Sixteen metal ribs. The stick is made of plain wood on which a handle of spotted wood with curved button with three notches. Halfway through the stick a rosette from Crepe Georgette. France (possibly) Dek: Cotton (textile). Dek: Cotton (textile). Lining: Silk. Baleen: Metal. Stok: Wood (plant material). Rosette: Silk. rosette: casting / cutting / cutting / lacqueringChinese wooden fanbroken rangeFan ca. 1779 Italian. Fan 209867Fan ca. 1835 Fernando Coustellier and Co.. Fan. French, Paris. ca. 1835. Paper, ivory, silver. Fans