9th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2034
 

2034

Three Early 19th Century Horn Brisé Fans, the first with alternate gothic style sticks and rounded

Three Early 19th Century Horn Brisé Fans, the first with alternate gothic style sticks and rounded shapes with a cross at the tip. Trefoil head. The nineteen inner sticks and two guards, painted in gold, have a blank panel in the eight central sticks, surrounded by carving and piercing and clouté decoration. Guard length 7.5 inches or 19cm; A Second Horn Brisé Fan, carved and pierced in regular bands, the twenty inner sticks and two guards carved and pierced in straight and undulating bands. Barrel head. Guard length 6.25 inches or 16cm; and A Final Horn Brisé Fan, twenty-one inner sticks and two guards with pointed tips. Barrel head. Centrally seven of the sticks have a blank section which has been painted with flowers

Sold for £110
Estimated at £90 - £150


 

The paint is rubbed almost away on the first fan, indeed traces suggest there was a painted design in the blank central panel. Some clouté decoration missing. Second fan has 21 inner sticks but one is secured to a guard as both it and the guard are broken. Third fan, the ribbon is incorrectly threaded. The flower painting is almost rubbed away, and one stick is split at the top.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 9th Mar, 2019

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