Fans with animals to make your own breeze while sitting on the bench on your next visit to the zoo downtown. From Fan d’Eventails, Paris.

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Cat and dog motif hand-fan. Wooden sticks and guards, the silk or satin leaf painted with a cat watching birds on one side and a dog carrying a basket of flowers on the other. ca. 1880-1890. Signed R de Q. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3853-cat-and-dog-fan-circa-1880-90.html
Hand-fan with mother of pearl sticks and guards, the skin leaf painted with a scene of Diana, goddess of the hunt and wild animals along with her dogs and nymphs. ca. 1890. Signed L Mairy. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3835-diana-s-dogs-fan-circa-1875.htm
Rooster hand-fan with a painted paper leaf and wooden sticks and guards. early 20th c. Corsi, Maker. Signed G Corsi. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3852-rooster-by-corsi-early-20th-century-fan.html
Bird-of-paradise hand-fan. Synthetic sticks and guards with a gauze leaf applied with painted silk that is embroidered with color threads and sequins. ca. 1900-1910. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3850-scintillating-bird-of-paradise-fan-circa-1900-10.html
Four kittens hand-fan, the silk or satin leaf painted with four kittens intrigued by a fly emerging from a rose stem. Late 19th c. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3836-the-four-kitten-late-19th-century-fan.html
The seagull hand-fan. Painted wooden brisé fan. ca. 1900-1910. Painted by the painter F. Lucot for Buissot. Signed by the painter F. Lucot (Félix Lucot 1854-1935) and on the back by the fan maker Buissot. Paris. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3829-the-seagull-fan-by-lucot-for-buissot-circa-1900-1910.html
Swan hand-fan. Bond horn fan, the silk leaf painted and embroidered with sequins depicting a swan in majesty sailing among water lilies and rushes. ca. 1900. Signed by the French painter A. Thomasse. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/4130-swan-by-thomasse-fan-circa-1900.html
Brisé fan, painted with birds in the style of Melchior d’Hondecoeter. Image © 2024 Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/18th-century-fans/3123-coronation-and-wonderful-birds-fan-circa-1690.html

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