Fans for the month of November from the latest email from Fan d’Eventails, Paris. The perfect way to clear the smoke if your Thanksgiving turkey catches fire-

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Fan Chemins de fer d l’Etat from Les Sables d’Olonnes to La Rochelle hand fan. Advertising fan for the state railroads serving the seaside resorts along the Atlantic coast, including Les Sables d’Olonnes, Royan, La Rochelle, Fouras, and Chatelaillon. Wooden sticks and guards with the paper leaf printed with an illustration by Eugène Charles Paul Vavasseur (1863–1949) depicting beachgoers on the beach at Royan, with the casino in the background. On the reverse side are advertisements, notably for the fan manufacturer A. Ettlinger & Fils, the Agnel perfume company, and the “Aux Corsets merveilleux” corsets , the Albert Schuller diamond cutting workshop, the Grand Hotel and Casino des Pins in La Rochelle, the Family Hotel and the Grand Hotel du Parc in Royan. ca. 1900. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/4816-20.html
Advertising fan for the Galeries Lafayette Pavilion and the Grand Palais. Wooden sticks and guards with a paper leaf printed on one side with the Galeries Lafayette Pavilion from the 1925 Decorative Arts Exhibition, featuring an advertisement for the art and design studio ‘La Maitrise‘ founded by Maurice Maurice Dufrène in 1920, and, on the other side, the program for the ‘Nuit du Grand Palais’ (Festival of Theatre and Fashion) held on Tuesday, June 16, 1925. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/4819-22.html
Osage Indians in France hand-fan. Dance card fan, with the sticks made of cardboard (known as “peau d’âne”) printed and embellished with gouache depicting members of the native Osage tribe (Oklahoma, United States of America). The top of the counter-guard features a slot into which a stylus is inserted to write the dancers’ names. French, ca. 1827. The fan depicts an event that sparked great enthusiasm in France and throughout Europe: the visit of six Native Americans from the Osage tribe. They arrived at the port of Le Havre on July 27, 1827. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/4821-24.html




Souvenir fan from the 1904 Saint Louis, Missouri World’s Fair held from April 30 to December 1, 1904, featuring a thread and printed paper leaf depicting a young woman—the personification of Louisiana—unfolding a map of the United States West Coast showing the Louisiana Purchase, surrounded by Art Nouveau flowers and next to a globe inscribed “World’s Fair Saint Louis 1904,” surmounted by the American eagle and flag.
Painted bamboo sticks and guards with a thread and printed paper leaf. Imported from Japan. Sold at the World’s Fair. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/historic-fans/4815-20.html
Advertising fan for the Western Railway Company, illustrated with views of Saint-Malo, Dieppe, and Mont Saint-Michel. On the reverse side are numerous advertisements for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ; La Bourdette luxury cars; Walery fine art photography; Sortais, dealer in luxury and carriage horses; Rudge bicycles manufactured by Lucien Charmet; and Fortin Stationery and Printing. Printed paper leaf with wooden sticks and guards. ca. 1895. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/4820-23.html

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