11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2083
 

2083

Costumes Suisses: A Very Large and Colourful Circa 1890's Fan, the monture of plain wood, the...

Costumes Suisses: A Very Large and Colourful Circa 1890's Fan, the monture of plain wood, the guards alone varnished, the double paper leaf printed top centre with three Swiss flags. Five scenes show the costumes worn in various regions of Switzerland, being Lucerne, Fribourg, Vaud, Berne and Appenzell., the wearers also showing artefacts relating to products or traditions from these regions. To the bottom left the leaf is marked "depose" and minutely "pa 7 25" but nothing additional to identify the printer. The verso is plain.
Guard length 13.75 inches or 35cm

See also the FCI Bulletin Spring 2019 # 106 for an article on Swiss fans, by member Anne MK, which indicates that the folding paper fans are far less common than the brises

Sold for £120
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

. Generally very good and clean, some slight foxing in the inner folds and one tiy tear on the verso which has not gone through to the recto.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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