Five 20th Century Printed Paper Advertising Fans: To include three advertising the French Department store "Galeries Lafayette" and two 2 relating to "Printemps". Both stores still exist today. The first fan relates to a Galeries Lafayette located at 187 to 196 Regent Street, London W.1., and shows text and image advertising for silk stockings and perfumes, a lady stretched out languorously on a chaise longue, a small dog seated on a cushion to her side. The verso, also colourful but this time in pastels, shows clouds and tiny people amongst outsized flowers. Marked R.C. Seine. Overall height 9.75 inches or 25cm.The second fan for the store, this time in Paris is very colourful, with stockinged legs to the left and stockings in their packaging to the right. The verso depicts Columbine and Harlequin. Plain dark brown wood sticks, overall height 9.5 inches or 24cm. fan three is in a completely different style, the double paper leaf printed in muted greys and cream, the recto showing a lady holding a fan seated on a stylised horse, "Aux Galeries Lafayette" emblazoned above. The verso shows a lady's profile, with curled hair, her red lipstick the only touch of colour. Basic brown wood sticks with the guards painted cream. Overall height 7.25 inches or 18cm. The "Printemps" fans, of the same linear design and red/white/blue colours, come in several sizes. Here the examples have guard lengths of 10.75 inches or 27.5 cm, and 8 inches or 20cm. The slogan reads "Toute femme élegante est cliente de Printemps" (All elegant ladies are Printemps' clients).