Antique Folding Fans

Victorian Brass Peacock Concertina Folding Fan Shaped Fire Grate Screen - 9.5"w x 5"d x 23.5"h - 33

Victorian inlaid walnut folding fan shaped Canterbury, with brass handle and porcelain castors 17

Presented is a printed folding fan featuring the American Flag, which dates to the early 20th

This decorative wall-mounted composition features an elaborately ornamented folding fan displayed

finial with lambs tongue plinth, eight flanking pierced chased folding fans, decorative acanthus and bell

Antique Victorian Mother of Pearl floral lace folding hand fan in shadow box display. Dimensions

. Likely used atop a woman's dressing table, the wooden tray is hand-carved to the shape of a folding fan

(folding) fans, and feature colorful floral designs, one with a green ground, the other with a turquoise

Japan, Edo period (1603–1868) Size: 49 × 30 cm A magnificent double-sided Japanese folding fan

Japan, Edo period (1603–1868) Size: 49 × 30 cm A magnificent double-sided Japanese folding fan

This wall-mounted decorative fan combines a finely crafted folding fan with an ornate Rococo-style

elaborate arrangement of hand-painted folding fans (sensu), each featuring traditional motifs such as

porcelain reppresenting a noble chinese woman holding her folding fan brings you back to the ancient Chinese

A charming hand-painted folding fan featuring a finely pleated silk leaf delicately bordered with

composition centers on a cylindrical napkin ring flanked by twin Japanese folding fans, each engraved with

articulated textile patterns and carefully modulated color printing. He raises a folding fan toward his face

with images of folding fans, ogi, Edo Period, early 19th century, Japan. The low, rectangular box with

A pair of six-fold Japanese screens with scattered fans, a waterwheel and jakago (rock-filled

pair stand out from any pair we ever saw is the beautiful, geometrical 'folded fan' design. We have

. In his right hand, he holds a folding fan, a common prop used in Noh performances to represent

Folding fan (sensu) in right paw. This type of figure is most commonly associated with Shigaraki ware or

right of the round panel is a folded-fan frame with a spring view of willow trees and pink flowers. In

Antique Victorian Cameo brass peacock fireplace fan folding screen. Gorgeous French brass "peacock

holds a folded fan. The background is deep blue and features red and white banners with calligraphy in

, coquettishly looking up and smiling, holding a black half-mask to her chest in her right hand, a folded fan in

, coquettishly looking up and smiling, holding a black half-mask to her chest in her right hand, a folded fan in

, she holds a folded fan — a quintessential accessory of Spanish elegance and social ritual. This print

influenced his designs. The vases reference both the elegant form of a folding fan and the 19th-century

embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. At left stands the wife of a state official, gracefully holding a folding

patterns, and a draped sash across her torso. Her top is elegantly tailored, and she holds a folded fan

with a red folding fan and elaborately embroidered robe in the style of Chinese court dress. He is

. The vases reference both the elegant form of a folding fan and the 19th-century invention of

formal yet relaxed, with one hand resting on his lap and the other possibly holding a folded fan or

. These new writing sets were made in the shape of a folded fan (hiogi-gata) which contained both the ink

traditional folding fan (ōgi). In Japan, the fan shape is considered auspicious, symbolizing prosperity and

-brimmed straw hat and a striped kimono layered with an outer robe. He carries a folding fan and wears

trimmed bonnet onto a folded seed pearl fan. 1860's USA. 2" x .5".

moulded cross banded top with curved canted corners, decorated with a beautiful marquetry radiating fan

impression with blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan folds), margins slightly creased and yellowed

. Censorship: Aratame. Good impression with blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan folds), margins

blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan folds), margins damaged by wormholes and tears, slightly

: Tsutaya Kichizo. Censorship: Aratame. Good impression with blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan

Victorian inlaid walnut folding fan shaped music canterbury, with brass handle and porcelain

textiles complete with folding fan and four armed beaded metal crown, the male in an embroidered white robe

stand, possibly intended for export, with the charming design of folding fans as the railings and one

) Zurich, 1810.  Fan-folded, partly hand coloured (grey and green tones) aquatint in contemporary boards

holding a gold leafed folding signal battle fan in his right hand above his head (a symbolic wish for

finial, decorative pierced chased folding fans, acanthus and bell flower motif and terminating on a

Antique French Napoleon III gold bronze folding fan fire screen, Circa 1890's.

folding fans, bell flower motif, and terminating on a scrolled acanthus base with flanking floral

This is a patriotic Centennial fan, designed for and used during the Philadelphia Centennial

Hand fan. Wallpaper, mother of pearl. 18th-19th centuries. Folding fan with paper country

"Views Of The Pearl River, China, Circa 1850" Folded fan, the double sheet in wallpaper of three

folding fan as we know it today was invented by a Chinese in the 7th century, inspired by the mechanism of

Unlike the conventional folding fans and hand held face screens, this example was not a fashion

years, in fact, the Chinese already had rigid bamboo fans in the 2nd century BC. For the first folding

English 19th Century Victorian Brass Fire Screen Screen opens in a fan like pattern having