27th May, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Fans and Fancies - Online Only

 
  Lot 4039
 

4039

Three Large Fans, circa 1890's/1900, comprising a cream gauze fan painted with lilac...

Three Large Fans, circa 1890's/1900, comprising a cream gauze fan painted with lilac many-petalled flowers and yellow blossom, the leaf edged with cream bobbin lace. Guard length 13.75 inches or 35cm; a second fan in similar style, painted with 6 birds perched on a blossoming branch, the larger bird clearly leading the morning chorus. The leaf is edged with narrow cream machine lace. Guard length 14 inches or 35.5cm. The final fan, of wood painted black, is of black silk satin embroidered in floss silks with flowers and buds in autumnal colours, the stems being worked in gold metal thread (3)

Sold for £70
Estimated at £70 - £100


 

. First fan is in good order other than slight brown marking at the top left. The gauze is strong. Several ribs on the second fan need to be re-secured but are present, although the lower guard has broken at the rivet and a small piece of bone is absent. Glue has left brown marks in places. Nothing to note on fan three.

 


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Auction: Fans and Fancies - Online Only, 27th May, 2020

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