27th May, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Fans and Fancies - Online Only

 
Lot 4060
 

4060

An Early 20th Century Cream Gauze Fan embroidered with gold sequins and spangles, mainly in...

An Early 20th Century Cream Gauze Fan embroidered with gold sequins and spangles, mainly in vertical bands, mounted on lightly pierced and clouté wood sticks, with the additional of some gold painted highlights. A double leaf, mounted à l'Anglaise. The verso is plain. Guard length 8.5 inches or 21.5cm. Together with a second fan embroidered with sequins, 19th century, the pale pink silk applied centrally with a print on paper of a courting couple in an alpine setting, the panel bordered with sequins and a spray of coloured spangles accompanied by gold thread, the sides and upper border with swags of sequins. Mounted on carved and shaped dark wood, finished with mother of pearl thumb guards. Guard length 10.5 cm or 26cm (2)

Sold for £60
Estimated at £70 - £100


 

. First fan, generally good with some splitting of the rear gauze layer. The silk layers on the second fan have suffered some loss mainly at each side.

 


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