9th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2125
 

2125

A Small Early 20th Century Bone Fan, the monture incised and the designs painted in gold. The paper

A Small Early 20th Century Bone Fan, the monture incised and the designs painted in gold. The paper leaf is mounted à l'Anglaise and depicts Rinaldo in the Garden of Armida, with a winged cherub flying above the couple and various attendants and children to the sides. The verso is plain. Guard length 7.75 inches or 20cm. Together with Another Small Fan of a Similar Age, the cream gauze leaf painted with a couple in 18th century costume, scrollwork in gold and finished with embroidered gold sequins. Guard length 7.5 inches or 19cm; and A Further Fan, a bone brisé, the seventeen inner sticks and two guards carved with pointed and scalloped tips, the main body of the fan carved and pierced into three sections, the central panel undulating. Guard length 7.5 inches or 19cm (3)

Sold for £60
Estimated at £70 - £120


 

The first fan is in good clean order. The second fan is slightly nibbled on the top edging border and the upper guard and first stick in have broken and have been stuck together. The brisé requires a new ribbon.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 9th Mar, 2019

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