Feathery fans dyed fun colors. At least as far as I know ostriches aren’t orange. From Fan d’Eventails, Paris.

Uncategorized 1 Minute
Three large ostrich feather fans in green, pink and white; the pink and green having synthetic sticks and guards while the white has mother-of-pearl. Art Deco, ca. 1920-1925. Makers not known. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4529-fantastic-feathers-fans-circa-1920-25.html
Blue thrush fan, made of blue bird feathers with the guard applied with the bird’s head (possibly a blue thrush). Synthetic sticks and guards. ca. 1922. French. Duvelleroy, maker. Advertisements from Duvelleroy fan maker for this type of fan, featuring “the bird caught in flight,” can be found in Vogue magazine from December 1922. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4535-oiseau-bleu.html
Orange and black set comprising a fan and a bag, the fan featuring a multi-lobed black lace leaf topped with orange ostrich feathers in two shades. Synthetic sticks and guards. The matching bag with its mirror and pouch, the bag in silk and orange ostrich feathers with a black synthetic clasp decorated with dancers and musicians in antique style and registered Paris. Art Deco, ca. 1921. French. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4549-parure-sac-eventail-orange.html

Published by sarahbguestperry

On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

Published

Leave a Reply