20th Nov, 2020 12:00 GMT/BST

Fans & Fancies - Online auction

 
  Lot 5092A
 

5092A

Three 19th Century Fans, comprising a small and pale horn brisé with barrel head, circa...

Three 19th Century Fans, comprising a small and pale horn brisé with barrel head, circa 1820's, the twenty inner sticks and two guards, carved, and pierced, with pointed tips. A painted band runs under the ribbon, a gold background highlighting roses and daisies in pink, tomato red, and blue. The verso is painted with a similar gold band featuring simple leaves. Guard length 6 1/8 inches or 15.5cm; Together with a small horn fan, the monture gently incised with flowers and bows and then lightly gilded, the silk leaf, backed with cream gauze, mounted à l'Anglaise. Part of the design features silk cut away to reveal the gauze behind, most noticeably at the upper border. Tiny gold sequins and shaped silver spangles are densely embroidered throughout, the upper border including ones of floral form. Guard length 7.5 inches or 19cm. Finally, an attractive and frothy dark cream ostrich feather fan, overlaid with shaved feathers which emphasise the edges. The monture and loop, of resin or "blonde tortoiseshell", is plain but adorned with an ornate and elegant gold metal monogram on the upper guard. Overall height 13 inches or 33cm.

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £150


 

. Brisé fan has rubbing to the painted detail and the tip of one stick has losses. Splays slightly when closed. Warping to two sticks. The gauze and sequin fan has a split top left, just to the bottom of the border. The first gorge stick in from the left has broken away from the rib. The extreme top edge is lacking some of the bordering, looped gold thread. The feather fan is in good general order, the monogram bright.

 


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