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Cabaret du Rat Mort at Pigalle Hand-fan. Wooden sticks and guards with printed paper leaves printed with reproductions of 18th century paintings. ca. 1900-1920. Published by Chambrelent. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3986-cabaret-du-rat-mort-eventail-vers-1900-1920.html
Ecole militaire de Saint-Cyr, Premier Bataillon de France hand-fan.
Wooden fan, the paper leaf printed in blue with the students and teachers of the Saint-Cyr military school, with the sun rising over the institution in the background and inscribed “Premier bataillon de France”. ca. 1899. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/historic-fans/3979-ecole-militaire-de-saint-cyr-premier-bataillon-de-france-fan-circa-1899.html
Large hand-fan, the silk leaf embroidered with sequins and painted with colorful dahlias and two portraits, possibly Vigée-Lebrun’s renditions of Queen Marie-Antoinette. Yellow-green tinted mother of pearl sticks and guards. Late 19th c. French. Duvelleroy, maker. Maker’s marks: sepia stamp of the fan-maker Duvelleroy on the reverse. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3984-duvelleroy-celebrates-queen-marie-antoinette-fan-circa-1900.html
Two advertising fans for Paul Poiret’s Rosine perfumes. “Les Parfums de Rosine, Paris.” Wooden sticks and guards Wooden sticks and guards. The leaves are made of illustrated printed paper, decorated with flowers after designs by Ateliers Martine, and on the reverse are the names of the perfumes created by Paul Poiret with a label indicating the fragrance used to perfume the fan. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3972-parfums-de-rosine-paris-perfumed-fans-by-paul-poiret-art-deco-period.html
Hand-fan with wooden sticks and guards, the paper leaf engraved with a song and three monuments to the glory of Napoleon: the Obélisque de la Concorde (brought back from Luxor in 1836 and recalling the Emperor’s campaigns in Egypt), the Arc de Triomphe (designed and built from 1806-1836), the Colonne Vendome (erected from 1806-1810). ca 1830-1840. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/4002-paris-in-the-glory-of-napoleon-fan-circa-1830-40.html
Souvenir of the Exposition Universelle of 1855. Hand-fan with mother-of-pearl sticks and guards applied with gold leaves and a chromolithographed paper leaf. Signed , dated and inscribed J. Hervy 1854 and Alexandre Boul. Montmartre n°6 Exposition 1855. Hervy and Alexandre, makers. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3968-souvenir-de-l-exposition-universelle-de-1855-eventail-d-apres-hervy-pour-alexandre.html
Connivence sororal hand-fan. Bone sticks and guards, the painted leaf being embroidered with sequins and depicting a young woman adorning her sister’s hair with flowers. ca. 1900. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3928-connivence-sororal-fan-circa-1900.html
A paper hand-fan, the leaf engraved and painted with a depiction of an allegory of passion, with a group of Lovers busy around an altar, where a flaming heart burns, while a blindfolded Cupid flies overhead, armed with bow and torch. A cherub chops wood, while a second toddler feeds the hearth, and others tie ivy branches. ca. 1785-1790. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/18th-century-fans/3929-passion-fan-circa-1785-90.html
Hand-fan, the skin leaf depicting a festive scene at the signing of a marriage contract, after Watteau’s painting. Mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, the central medallion recalling Watteau’s embarkation for Cythère. ca. 1860. Signed J or L Lièvre with the initials ZB in bloom on the reverse. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3944-the-wedding-contract-after-watteau-fan-circa-1860.html
Painted and varnished bone brisé fan. ca, 1900, Signed Boillat or Buillat. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3952-to-the-rhythm-of-love-fan-circa-1900.html
Automobile race fan for Romano’s. Wooden sticks and guards with the paper leaf printed with a racing car. ca. 1920. Maker not known. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3918-automobile-race-fan-for-romano-s-circa-1910.html
Beach pleasures and sailing fan. Wooden sticks and guards, the printed paper leaf with a drawn view of the Eden-Casino in Trouville, France facing the beach, where onlookers enjoy the pleasures of the sea and sailboats. On the reverse is another advertisement for the Eden Casino, which hosts Folies-Bergère shows. Late 19th c. Inscribed Eventail Lemariey and Lithograher, F. Appel. Paris. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3913-beach-pleasures-and-sailing-late-19th-century-fan.html
Cycling in and around Paris hand-fan. Wooden sticks and guards, the paper leaf printed with a map of the Bois de Boulogne framed by views of Bagatelle and the Louvre On the reverse are two other maps showing the Paris area and a plan of the city. The guards are inscribed Bois de Boulogne Paris et des environs and Léon Pouillot Ft Eventail cycliste. ca. 1898. Léon Pouillot, maker. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3894-faire-du-velo-a-paris-et-ses-environs-eventail-cycliste-vers.html
Mercedes and the French Grand Prix motor race motif hand-fan. Wooden sticks and guards with the paper leaf printed with an automobile race design and inscribed Mercédès 1908 Francolin. Gilet & Cie. Eventaillistes. Paris. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3919-mercedes-car-race-fan-from-1908.html
Sailing in Normandy hand-fan. Wooden sticks and guards with the skin painted with a coastline, perhaps Norman, at the end of the summer with a sailboat sailing in front of the pier. ca. 1880. Signed by the painter Georges Gassies. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/fans-by-painter-artist/3923-sailing-in-normandy-fan-by-georges-gassies-circa-1880.html
Tennis and bicycling theme fan with tortoiseshell sticks and guards, the skin leaf painted in the motif of a castle park where a game of doubles tennis is being played, while a couple rides their bicycles. Signed and dated G. Gaston) de Lauverjat 25 mai 1897. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/fan-leafs/3904-tennis-and-bicycle-fan-by-gaston-de-lauverjat-1897.html
Advertising fan for the Durand restaurant. Wooden sticks and guards, the leaf printed in the motif of an elegant Belle Epoque lady and her dog attending a speedboat race. Signed by George De Feure and published by Société Nouvelle d’Art et Décoration 104, boulevard de Clichy, Paris. ca. 1910. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3891-wate-sport-motorboats-fan-circa-1910.html
Skating Party folding fan, the guards richly carved with Neo-Renaissance ornaments, the sticks partly fretted and painted en grisaille with groups of figures representing Love and Marriage. The leaf is painted on the recto with three winter-themed, scenes, the principal one being a 16th century skating party. The surrounding parts of the leaf are painted gold and further enhanced with stylized borders and Classical grotesques. 1865. French. Ivory and gouache on paper. Edouard Moreau, artist and decorator (1825-1878). Image credit and © Rhian Cox / The Fan Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artuk.org/discover/artists/moreau-edouard-18251878
Fan. 1860. French. Ivory, paint and silk ribbon. Edouard Moreau, artist and decorator (1825-1878). Maker’s marks: Edouard Moreau. Paper label inscribed Number 30 in ink. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/195073
Hand painted fan with carved mother-of-pearl guards and painted sticks, the leaf painted with 17th and 18th century love scenes. Signed Moreau in a panel of a couple dancing at a military camp at right and dated Edouard Moreau Pinx 1866 at center. Chateau in a wooded landscape painted on the verso (back). Signed Allonge on the left side. French. 1866. Edouard Moreau, artist and decorator (1825-1878). Image © 1986-2024 Invaluable, LLC and Willow Auction House. Fair use license. via https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/edouard-moreau-allonge-painted-19th-century-fan-92-c-6204c1a88f
Fan, the skin leaf delicately painted on a gold Hand-fan in the style of Edouard Moreau, the skin leaf delicately painted on a a gold background with four scenes of gallantry from the 15th to the 18th century. From left to right: a gallant dressed in Renaissance fashion tries to entertain two beauties by showing his skills at the ball and ball table; two 16th century gentlemen test their courage by challenging each other to a sword duel on a full moon evening; a hunter in Molière’s time shows his fidelity and loyalty to his family by hunting game for them; finally a gallant from the Age of Enlightenment enchants his companion by playing her music. The scenes are separated by caryatids with the effigy of the god Pan painted in silver and support medallions in shades of blue depicting cherubs playing and warring. One of the scenes is signed G. Le Doux whose work was strongly influenced by that of Édouard Moreau. Mother-of-pearl frame, finely carved, pierced, engraved, and applied with gold and silver leaves and burgau decorated with dancing nymphs, putti, doves, flaming hearts and medallions decorated with figures of women wearing crown of flowers and men with feathered turbans. ca. 1860. French. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/fr/eventails-xixeme/3738-la-galanterie-a-travers-les-siecles-eventail-dans-le-gout-d-edouard-moreau-vers-1860.html
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
A thousand flowers from the Compagnie des Indes hand-fan. Brisé fan, finely pierced and carved with a blank medallion in the center to be monogramed bespoke for the purchaser, presumably. ca. 1790. Made in China. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/oriental-fans/3848-a-thousand-flowers-from-the-compagnie-des-indes-chinese-fan-circa-1790.html
Beauty with carnations hand-fan. Delicately painted paper skin leaf with synthetic or horn sticks and guards, the loop carved by the fan maker Templier. With the original box from Templier which is inscribed Eventail peint par Tante Mathilde Diétrich (fan painted by aunt Mathilde Dietrich). ca. 1900. French. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3855-beauty-with-carnations-templier-fan-circa-1900.html
Beauty with flowers fan, the balloon-shaped leaf alternating between ribbons of black silk embroidered with gold sequins and garlands of gauze painted with flowers. A central silk medallion is painted with a beautiful woman wearing a rose. Imitation tortoiseshell sticks and guards inlaid with gold sequins. Signed R. Serand ? ca. 1900-1920. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3834-beauty-with-flowers-fan-circa-1900-1920.html
Gilded brass bouquet holder with flower decoration, embellished with pearls. Mother-of-pearl handle. Pin and ring. 19th c. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/objects-of-vertu/3838-bouquet-holder-19th-century.html
Ashes of Roses advertising hand-fan, Bourjois, Paris, France. Wooden sticks and guards with a printed paper leaf. ca. 1925. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3823-bourjois-ashes-of-roses-advertising-fan-circa-1923.html
Carnations and butterflies, hand-fan. Bakelite sticks and guards with the silk leaf painted with butterflies frolicking among carnations. ca. 1920-1930. Art Deco. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3817-carnations-and-butterflies-art-deco-fan-circa-1920-30.html
Chinoiseries and flowers hand-fan, the paper leaf painted with flowers, birds, and insects, as seen on textiles and wallpapers imported from Asia by the Compagnie des Indes. Tinted sticks and guards, the tops of the guards carved with a Chinese figure holding a fixed fan. ca. 1760-1770. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/18th-century-fans/3837-chinoiseries-and-flowers-fan-circa-1760-70.html
Daisy hand-fan, the leaf in fine lace (needlepoint) with blond tortoiseshell sticks and guards, the top of the guard with initials BM under a viscount’s crown in gold. Art Nouveau, ca. 1890-1905. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3839-delicate-daisies-art-nouveau-fan.html
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