27th May, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Fans and Fancies - Online Only

 
Lot 4049
 

4049

Four Fans, 19th to 20th Century, comprising a c.1830's horn brisé with pointed tips, carved...

Four Fans, 19th to 20th Century, comprising a c.1830's horn brisé with pointed tips, carved and pierced, the sticks painted recto/verso with five curved vignettes of pale blue, each containing a large spray of colourful flowers to the top and a smaller bunch to the lower sections. Barrel head. Guard length 6 and 1/8 inches or 15.5cm. Together with a bone Jenny Lind or palmette fan, the sticks lightly pierced, the shaped leaf panels painted with flowers within scrolling. Overall height 10.5 inches or 26.5cm; the third fan is of a similar form, this time with panels shaped as flowers and leaves, white carnations and buds, marked on the upper guard for the "Café de Paris Armenonville". Height 8.5 inches or 21.5cm, and the final fan is of white gauze mounted onto bone, piqué in silver, the gauze embroidered with silver sequins and silver star spangles. Fitted with a cream silk tassel. Guard length 9.5 inches or 24cm (4)

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £150


 

. the horn fan is in good order. The Jenny Lind has some brown marking to the leaf tips as seen from the verso. It also requires re-stringing. The carnation fan is a little a/f, with paper lacking from the lower panel, a section stuck to the upper panel which may well be the missing section, and the end of the word “Armenonville” is missing. Dots missing from the monture of the fourth fan and the gauze is splitting.

 


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