20th Nov, 2020 12:00 GMT/BST

Fans & Fancies - Online auction

 
Lot 5086
 

5086

A Selection of Large Late 19th Century Fans, to include: a good cream silk satin folding fan...

A Selection of Large Late 19th Century Fans, to include: a good cream silk satin folding fan mounted on bone, the monture incised. The leaf is well painted with delicate carnations, many bi-coloured, in shades of pink, ruby and white. The verso is in plain cream glazed cotton; a second cream fan in bone, with good but plain silk satin leaf; a Palmette or Jenny Lind fan, the monture of bone, pierced and clouté, the leaf panels in cream fabric, embroidered with tiny sequins. The top edges have the addition of white marabou; a black wood folding fan, the gorge painted with roses, complementing the appliqué silk roses on the black moiré silk leaf. Additional embroidery in tambour stitch forms stems and leaves, and the top edge of the fan leaf has the addition of a machine lace fashioned with pink and cerise roses. A rose with gold and silver leaves decorates the upper guards. The verso is plain. T/w a large wooden fan, the monture painted red, mounted with a red silk satin leaf painted with birds in flight. The gorge is also painted with a bird. The verso is plain; a bone fan with light incising to the monture, the leaf of cream machine lace emulating Honiton bobbin lace; a large white mother-of-pearl fan, the leaf of white gauze, the upper border and inner section with the addition of white machine lace, and painted with tiny brown birds and delicate flowers.; a bone fan with cream silk satin leaf, embroidered in pastels with lilies. The verso is plain; and a part fan monture, ivory (9)

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

. The first fan has a good clean, shiny leaf. The second cream fan has slight wear to the bottom of the leaf on the verso. The Palmette fan leaf panels have some staining and the clouté has several roundels missing. On the bird example, the top section of the fabric leaf is showing signs of fading. The MOP fan has damage to the gauze.

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Auction: Fans & Fancies - Online auction, 20th Nov, 2020

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