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Victorian Inlaid Walnut Folding Fan Shaped Canterbury
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian inlaid walnut folding fan shaped Canterbury, with brass handle and porcelain castors 17
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Walnut
Patriotic 48-Star American Flag Folding Fan
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a printed folding fan featuring the American Flag, which dates to the early 20th
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Paper
French Brass Figural Pierced & Chased Folding Fan Fire Place Screen, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
finial with lambs tongue plinth, eight flanking pierced chased folding fans, decorative acanthus and bell
Category
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass, Iron
H 30.5 in W 41.5 in D 8.5 in
Japanese Cloisonne Round Box with Fan Design, Meiji Period, c. 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
(folding) fans, and feature colorful floral designs, one with a green ground, the other with a turquoise
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Brazilian Signed Vieira De Castro Rio Porcelain Chinese Noble Figure
By João Vieira
Located in Vigonza, Padua
porcelain reppresenting a noble chinese woman holding her folding fan brings you back to the ancient Chinese
Category
Late 19th Century Brazilian Chinoiserie Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Porcelain
H 7.09 in W 3.94 in D 4.73 in
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Document Box, Edo Period, early 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
with images of folding fans, ogi, Edo Period, early 19th century, Japan.
The low, rectangular box with
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Coral
19th Century English Victorian Needlepoint Heat Shield Screen on Brass Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Unlike the conventional folding fans and hand held face screens, this example was not a fashion
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
H 22 in W 9.5 in D 4.5 in
Unique Pair Handcrafted Pure Art Deco Fan Design Alabaster Wall Sconces, 1920s
Located in Lisse, NL
pair stand out from any pair we ever saw is the beautiful, geometrical 'folded fan' design. We have
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
H 8.2 in W 7.4 in D 2.6 in
Antique Victorian Cameo Brass Peacock Fireplace Fan Folding Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Victorian Cameo brass peacock fireplace fan folding screen.
Gorgeous French brass "peacock
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
French Folding Brass Fan Fire Screen Peacock’s Tail Fire Guard
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Folding Brass Fan Fire Screen Peacock’s Tail Fire Guard
This is a very attractive piece
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1920s Victorian-Style Brass Peacock Cameo Folding Fireplace Fan Screen
Located in Elkton, MD
A stunning French brass "peacock fan" full-size fireplace screen, beautifully ornate whether open
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
H 28.5 in W 38 in D 8 in
Art Nouveau Figurine 'Pierrette' by Martin Wiegand, Meissen Germany, ca 1908
By Martin Wiegand, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
, coquettishly looking up and smiling, holding a black half-mask to her chest in her right hand, a folded fan in
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Porcelain
H 7.49 in W 6.3 in D 5.91 in
Exquisite Antique Still Life, Japanese Figures, Oil on Canvas by Caroline Pitkin
Located in Baltimore, MD
Japanese themed setting is well composed with figures, a screened backdrop and a folded fan with a few
Category
1890s Aesthetic Movement Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Oil
Antique Japanese Bronze Hatate 19th C Meiji Inkpot Japan Unsigned
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
.
These new writing sets were made in the shape of a folded fan (hiogi-gata) which contained both the ink
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Bronze
1810 H. Keller, Switzerland, aquatint panorama Zurich hand col. 139 cm
Located in Norwich, GB
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Zurich, 1810.
Fan-folded, partly hand coloured (grey and green tones) aquatint in contemporary boards
Category
1810s Swiss Biedermeier Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Paper
H 7.68 in W 54.73 in D 0.04 in
Victorian Baby in Bonnet Seed Pearl and Diamond Brooch
Located in Riverdale, NY
trimmed bonnet onto a folded seed pearl fan. 1860's USA. 2" x .5".
Category
1860s American High Victorian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold
Very Rare and Fine Pair of 19th Century Inlaid Card Tables
Located in Dublin, IE
moulded cross banded top with curved canted corners, decorated with a beautiful marquetry radiating fan
Category
19th Century English Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
Miotsukushi - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
impression with blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan folds), margins slightly creased and yellowed
Category
19th Century Modern Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Woodcut
H 11.03 in W 8.27 in D 0.04 in
Suma - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
. Censorship: Aratame.
Good impression with blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan folds), margins
Category
19th Century Modern Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Woodcut
H 11.03 in W 8.27 in D 0.04 in
Painting, Oil on Canvas of Aristocracy, by Johann Heinrich Tischbein
By Johann Valentin Tischbein
Located in Miami, FL
a folded hand fan.Painted by Johann Heinrich Tischbein.
German, mid-18th century.
Notes: Johann
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Canvas
Where the Flowers Blow - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan folds), margins damaged by wormholes and tears, slightly
Category
19th Century Modern Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Woodcut
H 11.03 in W 8.27 in D 0.04 in
Meeting in Akashi - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
: Tsutaya Kichizo. Censorship: Aratame.
Good impression with blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan
Category
19th Century Modern Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Woodcut
H 11.03 in W 8.27 in D 0.04 in
Antique Bronze Folding Fireplace Screen - Peacock Fan
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
. It has nine pierced brass fans, these can fold out and in. Made in France, around 1890-1900. Good
Category
1890s French Rococo Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Victorian Inlaid Walnut Canterbury
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Victorian inlaid walnut folding fan shaped music canterbury, with brass handle and porcelain
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Walnut
Antique Japanese Mame-Bina Pair, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
textiles complete with folding fan and four armed beaded metal crown, the male in an embroidered white robe
Category
1840s Japanese Edo Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Textile
Japanese Nagasaki Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Display Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
stand, possibly intended for export, with the charming design of folding fans as the railings and one
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Japanese Gosho Ningyo Palace Doll
Located in New York, NY
holding a gold leafed folding signal battle fan in his right hand above his head (a symbolic wish for
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Shell, Wood
French Brass Figural Pierced Folding Fan Fire Screen, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
finial, decorative pierced chased folding fans, acanthus and bell flower motif and terminating on a
Category
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique French Napoleon III Gold Bronze Folding Fan Fire Screen, Circa 1890's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Napoleon III gold bronze folding fan fire screen, Circa 1890's.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Bronze
H 25.25 in W 40 in D 10 in
French Polished Steel Acanthus Pierced Folding Fan Fire Place Screen, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
folding fans, bell flower motif, and terminating on a scrolled acanthus base with flanking floral
Category
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
H 30.75 in W 45 in D 7.5 in
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Folding Fan, Circa 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a patriotic Centennial fan, designed for and used during the Philadelphia Centennial
Category
1870s Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Paper
Hand Fan, Paper, Mother of Pearl, 18th-19th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand fan. Wallpaper, mother of pearl. 18th-19th centuries.
Folding fan with paper country
Category
19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Other
Views Of The Pearl River, China, Circa 1850
Located in ROUEN, FR
"Views Of The Pearl River, China, Circa 1850"
Folded fan, the double sheet in wallpaper of three
Category
19th Century Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century French Fan, Mother of Pearl, Painting Silk
By French House & Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
folding fan as we know it today was invented by a Chinese in the 7th century, inspired by the mechanism of
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Pair of French Fans Chinoiserie
Located in Prato, Tuscany
years, in fact, the Chinese already had rigid bamboo fans in the 2nd century BC. For the first folding
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
English 19th Century Brass Fan Folding Fire Screen
Located in Southampton, NY
English 19th Century Victorian Brass Fire Screen
Screen opens in a fan like pattern having
Category
19th Century English Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
Portrait of a Lady with a Venetian Lace Fan c.1595, Remarkable condition
By Frans Pourbus the Younger
Located in London, GB
folding fan. Even though their use spread throughout Italy they never, it is thought obtained any great
Category
16th Century Old Masters Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 54.53 in W 45.28 in D 3.94 in
Antique Japanese Bronze Hatate 19th C Meiji Inkpot Japan Unsigned
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
and pressing the brush into the cotton.
These new writing sets were made in the shape of a folded
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Bronze
Early 20thC Concertina Pierced Brass Fire Screen
Located in Altrincham, GB
Early 20thC Concertina Folding Pierced Brass Fan Fire Screen - of Peacock’s Tail Guarding the fire
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
Big Fireplace Screen, Spark Protection, Decoration, solid brass, ~1890, France
Located in Wien, AT
fireplace screen can be folded or fanned out for use, both closure hinges are still original.
The object is
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
H 24.02 in W 35.83 in D 3.94 in
Still Life Tempera on Canvas Korea XIX Century
Located in Milan, IT
writing is placed side by side, a set of porcelain bowls, a fan folded in its case. Relined and restored
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Tempera
Japanese Folding Fan, 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese folding fan exquisitely painted in gold, white, black and green depicting a branch of
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Paper
French Brass Pierced Folding Fan Fire Screen, circa 1900
Located in Antwerp, BE
French brass fire screen with decorative pierced chased folding fans,
late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
French Brass Figural Pierced Folding Fan Fire Place Screen, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
, decorative pierced chased folding fans, acanthus motif, and terminating on a scrolled floral beaded swag base
Category
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass, Iron
H 33.75 in W 48.25 in D 7.5 in
Patriotic 47-Star American Flag Folding Fan, 1912
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a printed folding fan featuring the 47-star American Flag. Any item printed with a 47
Category
1910s Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Paper
Belle Époque Folding Fan in Silk, Mother of Pearl with Hand Painted Decorations
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare Belle Époque folding fan in silk, mother of pearl with hand painted decorations.
Category
1910s Italian Belle Époque Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Silk
H 14.57 in W 23.63 in D 1.97 in
Antique Victorian hand fan, bone, silk and feather
Located in NEWARK, GB
bovine bone sticks and guards and is a folding fan.
The fan has a thistle floral embroidered silk base
Category
19th Century British Antique Folding Fans
Rare Antique English Folding Fan Photograph Frames, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
and engraved decoration.
The "fan" folds up into the case and the compartments kept in place with
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
Antique Peacock Fan Fireplace Screen France 1870s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Antique France gilded cast iron folding Fan shaped fire screen pierced with beathiful .Greek
Category
1870s French Classical Greek Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Iron
French Decorative Pierced Acanthus Fan Fire Screen, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
French decorative fire screen with centered floral finial, pierced folding fans, intertwined
Category
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th Century Japanese Imari Phoenix Rabbit Fan Bowl & Stand
Located in Dayton, OH
a pagoda garden and folding fans decorated with a simple water and mountain landscape. The floral
Category
19th Century Japonisme Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Victorian Diamond Turquoise 14 Karat Gold Fan Band Ring
Located in Philadelphia, PA
folding fan, deeply ridged
With two rows of contrasting gemstones, calibrè cut turquoise and rose cut
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Diamond, Turquoise, 14k Gold
Japanese Dagger, 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese dagger where the blade is hidden in a scabbard looking like a folding fan.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Iron
19th Century Noblewoman Wooden Gingerbread Cookie Speculaas Springerle Mold
Located in Nuernberg, DE
(Noblewoman with folding fan). Made of hand carved wood. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Wood
H 11.88 in W 4.88 in D 0.75 in
Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Study of a Geisha
Located in Corsham, GB
delicate folded fan, while gazing to left of the scene. Unsigned. The colourful portrait has been well
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Watercolor
A Picture of the Customs and Traditions of our Ladies -Woodcut by O. Gekko-1898
Located in Roma, IT
and traditions of our ladies). A bourgeois woman paints landscapes on folding fans, a girl observes
Category
1890s Modern Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
H 11.82 in W 9.85 in D 0.08 in
Antique French Brass Fan Form Folding Fireplace Screen C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Brass Fan Form Folding Fireplace Screen C1890
Measures - 26 1/2"h x 38"w x 7 1/2"d
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
Large Antique French Brass Peacock Fan Foldable Fireplace Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique Fan Fireplace Screen, Brass Peacock Fireplace Screen from France.
Good vintage condition
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Folding Fans
Materials
Brass
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