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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
Blue monochrome fan, the leaf in a fine catgut network applied with painted blue flowers and highlighted with silver thread. Painted and varnished sticks with partially blue-tinted guards. When folded, the top of the strands reveal a blue flower design on the netting, a hallmark of certain Parisian workshops. made ca. 1760 in Paris, France. Maker not known. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/18th-century-fans/4257-fleurs-bleues-eventail-en-catgut-vers-1760.html
Palmettes fan made from the bark of the Lagetta-Lintearia tree, ferns, and other plants growing in Jamaica with bone sticks and guards. Made ca. 1860. Maker not known. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/novelty-hands-fans/4280-botanical-fan-circa-1860.html
Lilac fan with a painted organza leaf. Demi sultane mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, carved, engraved, and applied with gold and silver leaf. ca. 1890. Art Nouveau. Maker not known. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/4268-lilac-fan-circa-1890.html
Hand-fan with pink lacquered wood sticks and guards and a pink organza leaf painted with butterflies gathering pansies. ca. 1890. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/4271-pansies-and-butterflies-fan-circa-1890.html
The Carnations hand-fan in blonde tortoiseshell, the black tulle leaf applied with lace and embroidered with sequins. With a case from Duvelleroy and the lace identified by lace-maker Edwige Renaudin. Late 19th c. Art Nouveau. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/4259-the-countess-s-flowers-late-19th-century-fan.html
Good condition White dahlia fan with wooden sticks and guards and a silk leaf painted with dahlias and embroidered with sequins. Signed B. Lachelin in red on the leaf. Signed Éventail Lachelin (Paris) on the reverse of the guard. ca. 1900. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/4262-white-dahlia-fan-by-lachelin-circa-1900.html
Hand-fan with a mother-of-pearl frame, the lace and skin leaf painted with flowers foraged by bumblebees and butterflies. ca, 1890. French. Duvelleroy, maker. Signed Daillard et Duvelleroy. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3580-bumblebees-and-butterflies-by-daillard-duvelleroy-fan-circa-1890.html
Mother-of-pearl fan, the silk and lace leaf painted with a Burmese ceremony involving an elephant and cows. ca. 1900. No further information available. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3587-elephant-and-sacred-cows.html
Wooden fan, the leather leaf painted with a dog motif. ca. 1880-1900. Austrian. Rodeck, Wein maker. Stamped on the back Gebr. Rodeck Wien. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3585-dogs-fan-by-rodeck-wien-circa-1880-1900.html
Tortoiseshell hand fan, the gauze leaf painted with a pair of kingfishers. ca. 1890. Made by Gaston and signed Gaston D. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3581-les-martin-pecheurs-eventail-de-gaston-vers-1890.html
Fan with white mother-of-pearl sticks and guards and a double skin leaf painted with monkeys by Octave Join-Lambert, painter and archaeologist (1870-1956). 1890. French. Signed and dated O. Join Lambert 1890. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3577-monkeys-fan-by-octave-join-lambert-1890.html
Paper fan leaf in watercolor of a fox terrier chasing a mouse. ca. 1900. Signed Ct. H. Blain or perhaps Cain for George Cain. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/fan-leafs/3579-the-ratter-dog-fan-leaf-circa-1900.html
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