Tag: Hand-fans

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

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

Flower and plant themed fans for spring, taken from the lastest email from Fan d’Eventails, Paris. One made from plants.

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

“Fans of Japan.” Plates from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s 1894 work of the same name which was published in London by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd. Images are from the Internet Archive but I found out about them in an auction listing on Lot Search.

WATER FAN, Made of Varnished Paper. Frontispiece. Plate 1. Page 8 from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s Fans of Japan. 1894. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd, London publishers. Collections of the Smithsonian Archives and Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fansjapan00salw/page/I/mode/1up
KOREAN FAN. Plate II. Page 11 from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s Fans of Japan. 1894. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd, London publishers. Collections of the Smithsonian Archives and Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fansjapan00salw/page/II/mode/1up
A LADY’S SILK AND BAMBOO FAN. Frame inlaid with various materials. Plate III. Page 71 from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s Fans of Japan. 1894. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd, London publishers. Collections of the Smithsonian Archives and Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fansjapan00salw/page/III/mode/1up
Figure 12. Page 94 from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s Fans of Japan. 1894. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd, London publishers. Collections of the Smithsonian Archives and Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fansjapan00salw/page/52/mode/1up
Figure a. FAN OF H. M. HARUKO, EMPRESS OF JAPAN; Figure b. FAN USED AT CHAN-NO-YU, OR THE TEA CEREMONY; Figure c. CAMP FAN. Figure d. FAN OF A DANCING GIRL. Plate V, Page 107 from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s Fans of Japan. 1894. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd, London publishers. Collections of the Smithsonian Archives and Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fansjapan00salw/page/V/mode/1up
HAND-PAINTED FAN, Made of Hi Wood. Plate VII, Page 149 from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s Fans of Japan. 1894. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd, London publishers. Collections of the Smithsonian Archives and Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fansjapan00salw/page/VII/mode/1up
HACHIMAN TARO’S FAN, Designed from description given in the Nihon Shakwai.  Plate VIII. Page 161 from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s Fans of Japan. 1894. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd, London publishers. Collections of the Smithsonian Archives and Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fansjapan00salw/page/VIII/mode/1up
Figure a. COURT LADY’S FAN; Figure b. BATTLE FAN; Figure c. COURTIER’S FAN; Figure d. OUTSIDE FRAME OF COURTIER’S FAN; Figure e. NŌ DRAMA FAN. Plate X. Page 191 from Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey’s Fans of Japan. 1894. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Ltd, London publishers. Collections of the Smithsonian Archives and Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fansjapan00salw/page/X/mode/1up

In 1894 Japan occupied Seoul in what is now South Korea but was then Korea this being decades before it was divided into North Korea and South Korea. That is why a Korean fan is part of the book these are taken from. Also the author was writing in England.

Feathery hand-fans from the latest emails from Fan d’Éventails, Paris.It’s a good thing these and the feathery hats went out of fashion as some of the birds the feathers were from almost went extinct from being hunted by overly eager hunters.

Celluloid fan with black and green tinted rooster feathers. ca. 1920-1930. Comes with a case from A. Ahrveiler Paris. Image © Fan d’Éventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4118-black-and-green-wind-fan-circa-1920-30.html
Blue jay feather hand-fan. Tortoiseshell with jay feather marquetry. Late 19th c. Comes with a box from Faucon. Image © Fan d’Éventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4104-blue-jay-feather-fan-late-19th-century.html
Tortoiseshell fan with pink goose feathers. ca. 1900-1910. Image © Fan d’Éventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4124-pink-goose-fan-circa-1900-10.html
Hand-fan with white mother-of-pearl sticks and guards and rhea feathers in shades of pink. ca. 1925. Image © Fan d’Éventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4106-pink-rhea-feather-fan-circa-1925.html

Ostrich feather fan with tortoiseshell sticks and beautifully carved, engraved and gilded guards, featuring cherubs climbing trees to reach birds. ca. 1890-1900. Image © Fan d’Éventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4140-climbing-angels-in-the-style-of-henneguy-fan-circa-1890-1900.html

Don’t get another air conditioner. Make your own (and prettier) breeze with these, antique hand fans from Fan d’Eventails, Paris.

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

Fans to cool yourself off with at the Paris Olympics if you can’t swim fast enough to be in the pool. From the July email of Fan d’Eventails, Paris.

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

Neo-Renaissance hand-fans decorated by French artist Edouard Moreau. Living from 1825 to 1878, he designed and decorated fans for Maison Alexandre and their competitors. Not just the leaves, he decorated up the sticks and guards, too.

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

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.


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

Feathery hand-fans to tickle your beaux with and make them sneeze. The better to flirt with, my dear. From Fan d’Eventails, Paris.

Feather marquetry hand-fan with small cream colored feathers. Tortoiseshell sticks and guards. Late 19th c. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/3857-feather-marquetry-fan-late-19th-century.html
Peacock feather hand-fan. Tinted mother of pearl sticks and guards, applied with green peafowl peacock feathers. ca. 1900. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/3854-happy-peacock-fan-circa-1900.html
Large asymmetrical pelican feather hand-fan with tortoiseshell sticks and guards. The top of the guard is inlaid with marcasite initials. ca. 1900-1930. Faucon, maker. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/3856-pelican-fan-by-faucon-circa-1900-1930.html

Floral motif hand fans just in time for the latest royal garden party at Buckingham Palace or the barbeque at your next door neighbor’s. A Victorian bouquet holder too but it fits right in. From Fan d’Eventails, Paris.

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