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Decorative Hand Fan
Decorative Hand Fan

Decorative Hand Fan

Located in Queens, NY

Decorative hand fan Condition: (This fan is in used condition with damage. One of the guards is

Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Paint

American Victorian Decorative Hand Fan
American Victorian Decorative Hand Fan

American Victorian Decorative Hand Fan

Located in Queens, NY

American Victorian decorative hand fan Front support is gone, with fabric that shows signs of age.

Category

19th Century American Victorian Antique Hand Fans

American Victorian Painted Hand Fan
American Victorian Painted Hand Fan

American Victorian Painted Hand Fan

Located in Queens, NY

American Victorian decorative hand fan with mother of pearl and silk painted scene Antique

Category

19th Century American Victorian Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Other

American Victorian Decorative Hand Fan
American Victorian Decorative Hand Fan

American Victorian Decorative Hand Fan

Located in Queens, NY

American Victorian decorative hand fan The right fan guard has loss and cracks to its white

Category

19th Century American Victorian Antique Hand Fans

American Victorian Beige Silk Hand Fan
American Victorian Beige Silk Hand Fan

American Victorian Beige Silk Hand Fan

Located in Queens, NY

American Victorian beige silk painted decorative hand fan

Category

19th Century American Victorian Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Paint

American Victorian Pearl and Lace Hand Fan

American Victorian Pearl and Lace Hand Fan

Located in Queens, NY

American Victorian decorative hand fan with etched pearl and lace Vintage condition with broken

Category

19th Century American Victorian Antique Hand Fans

American Victorian Pearl and Silk Hand Fan

American Victorian Pearl and Silk Hand Fan

Located in Queens, NY

American Victorian decorative hand fan with pearl and silk painted scene This fan is in used

Category

19th Century American Victorian Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Paint

Antique Italian Painted Hand Fan in a Glass Case
Antique Italian Painted Hand Fan in a Glass Case

Antique Italian Painted Hand Fan in a Glass Case

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Impressive 19th century Italian hand fan, remarkably preserved with silvered metal sticks and

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Metal

Antique Italian Painted Hand Fan in a Glass Case
Antique Italian Painted Hand Fan in a Glass Case

Antique Italian Painted Hand Fan in a Glass Case

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Impressive 19th century Italian hand fan, remarkably preserved with silvered metal sticks and

Category

Mid-19th Century Rococo Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Silver

Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera's Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox
Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera's Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox

Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera's Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique 18th century French Louis XVI / Neoclassical painted boudoir hand fan. White sticks pierced

Category

18th Century Louis XVI Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Silk, Paint

19th Century French Painted Paper Fan with Box
19th Century French Painted Paper Fan with Box

19th Century French Painted Paper Fan with Box

Located in Brea, CA

This ornate, antique paper hand fan was crafted in France, circa 1850. the one side showing a

Category

1850s French French Provincial Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Paper

Antique Victorian Mother of Pearl Lace Folding Fan Shadow Box Display 28"
Antique Victorian Mother of Pearl Lace Folding Fan Shadow Box Display 28"

Antique Victorian Mother of Pearl Lace Folding Fan Shadow Box Display 28"

Located in Dayton, OH

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

Category

Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Antique Korean Fan in Frame
Antique Korean Fan in Frame

Antique Korean Fan in Frame

Located in PRAHA 7, CZ

This is an incredible and all original antique hand fan made in Korea circa in the late 1800s. It's

Category

1890s Korean Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Bamboo, Paper

Flamenco Fan Earrings, a Zorab Creation
Flamenco Fan Earrings, a Zorab Creation

Flamenco Fan Earrings, a Zorab Creation

By Zorab Creation

Located in San Diego, CA

female dancers held a hand fan for added allure and sexual emphasis. This inspiration is set to motion

Category

1830s Early Victorian Antique Hand Fans

Materials

White Diamond, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Palladium

19th Century French Porquier-Beau Quimper Fan-Form Vase with Breton Figures
19th Century French Porquier-Beau Quimper Fan-Form Vase with Breton Figures

19th Century French Porquier-Beau Quimper Fan-Form Vase with Breton Figures

By Grande Maison HB Quimper

Located in Dallas, TX

century and is signed PBx on the foot for Porquier-Beau. Shaped like an open hand fan with scalloped edges

Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Faience

Antique Tibetan Praying Crowned Buddha
Antique Tibetan Praying Crowned Buddha

Antique Tibetan Praying Crowned Buddha

Located in Chicago, IL

base. His many hands fan out behind his back. Two hands are folded in prayer, and two hold a small cup

Category

Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Metal

Italian Late 19th Century Belle Epoque Carved Marble Figure of a Bather Girl
Italian Late 19th Century Belle Epoque Carved Marble Figure of a Bather Girl

Italian Late 19th Century Belle Epoque Carved Marble Figure of a Bather Girl

Located in Los Angeles, CA

young girl wearing a form-fitting one-piece tank suit, holding a hand fan, and seated on a rock form by

Category

Early 1900s Italian Belle Époque Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Marble

Chinese Eight Immortals Offering Tray, c. 1850
Chinese Eight Immortals Offering Tray, c. 1850

Chinese Eight Immortals Offering Tray, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

eight objects include a hand fan, a double gourd, a flower basket, a fish drum, a lotus flower, a sword

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Wood

Springtime Melody
Springtime Melody

Springtime Melody

By MABEL ROLLINS HARRIS

Located in Miami, FL

cards, and in magazines, and was also reproduced on jigsaw puzzles and hand fans. Estate of Charles

Category

1920s American Realist Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Pastel

19th Century Hand-Painted Romantic Decor Fan
19th Century Hand-Painted Romantic Decor Fan

19th Century Hand-Painted Romantic Decor Fan

Located in NANTES, FR

19th Century Hand-Painted Romantic Decor Fan M3781 This 19th-century fan comes with its original

Category

19th Century Romantic Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Paper

Framed Nineteenth-Century Hand-Painted Decorative Fan
Framed Nineteenth-Century Hand-Painted Decorative Fan

Framed Nineteenth-Century Hand-Painted Decorative Fan

Located in Cheshire, GB

This decorative framed fan is an elegant example of nineteenth-century European craftsmanship

Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Giltwood

Hand Painted On Silk 19th Century Hand Held Fan; American, Circa 1890
Hand Painted On Silk 19th Century Hand Held Fan; American, Circa 1890

Hand Painted On Silk 19th Century Hand Held Fan; American, Circa 1890

Located in Incline Village, NV

Lovely American hand held fan; hand painted subject on silk with fancy mother of pearl sticks; each

Category

1890s American Victorian Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Silk

Framed Hand-Carved Sandalwood Fan with Hand Painted Screen
Framed Hand-Carved Sandalwood Fan with Hand Painted Screen

Framed Hand-Carved Sandalwood Fan with Hand Painted Screen

Located in Asheville, NC

on a hand-carved sandalwood fan. Signed by maker. Old fan framed in the 1970s.

Category

19th Century Chinese Baroque Antique Hand Fans

Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890
Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890

Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890

Located in Incline Village, NV

Lovely Belle Epoque period French hand held fan; circa 1890; measuring 8 1/2" high x 16" wide when

Category

1890s French Belle Époque Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Paper

**19th-Century Feather Fan with Hand-Painted Flowers
**19th-Century Feather Fan with Hand-Painted Flowers

**19th-Century Feather Fan with Hand-Painted Flowers

Located in NANTES, FR

**19th-Century Feather Fan with Hand-Painted Flowers – M3755** This 19th-century fan is decorated

Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Feathers

Antique Chinese Hand Paint Gold Lacquer Scene Gilt Fan
Antique Chinese Hand Paint Gold Lacquer Scene Gilt Fan

Antique Chinese Hand Paint Gold Lacquer Scene Gilt Fan

Located in Brea, CA

19th Century antique Chinese hand painted gold lacquer scene gilt fan 100 faces with original wood

Category

1830s Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century French Framed Hand-Painted Fan with Bone Guards
19th Century French Framed Hand-Painted Fan with Bone Guards

19th Century French Framed Hand-Painted Fan with Bone Guards

Located in Dallas, TX

finished with a warm, time-softened patina. The hand-painted fan leaf is executed in the 18th century taste

Category

Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

French Hand-Painted Silk Fan, Butterfly & Foliage, Carved & Gilt Wood, 1890s
French Hand-Painted Silk Fan, Butterfly & Foliage, Carved & Gilt Wood, 1890s

French Hand-Painted Silk Fan, Butterfly & Foliage, Carved & Gilt Wood, 1890s

Located in ROUEN, Normandie

French Hand-Painted Silk Fan, Butterfly & Foliage, Carved & Gilt Wood, 1890s Elegant

Category

Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Hand Painted Framed Fan, Silk on Tortoiseshell, Late 19th Century
Hand Painted Framed Fan, Silk on Tortoiseshell, Late 19th Century

Hand Painted Framed Fan, Silk on Tortoiseshell, Late 19th Century

Located in PARIS, FR

Hand Painted Framed Fan, Late 19th Century This carefully framed period fan is a true art object

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Linen

Fine Hand-Painted Silk and Lace Fan, Early 20th Century
Fine Hand-Painted Silk and Lace Fan, Early 20th Century

Fine Hand-Painted Silk and Lace Fan, Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

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

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Silk

19th Century French Hand-Painted Fan with Carved Bone Handle in Frame
19th Century French Hand-Painted Fan with Carved Bone Handle in Frame

19th Century French Hand-Painted Fan with Carved Bone Handle in Frame

Located in Dallas, TX

Decorate a wall or salon with this elegant antique framed fan, crafted in France circa 1870

Category

Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

19th Century French Hand-Painted Fan with Pierced Bone Sticks in Gilt Frame
19th Century French Hand-Painted Fan with Pierced Bone Sticks in Gilt Frame

19th Century French Hand-Painted Fan with Pierced Bone Sticks in Gilt Frame

Located in Dallas, TX

Decorate a wall or salon with this elegant antique hand-painted fan, crafted in France circa 1890

Category

Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Silk, Glass, Giltwood

19th Century French Hand-Painted Silk Fan with Carved Wood Sticks in Frame
19th Century French Hand-Painted Silk Fan with Carved Wood Sticks in Frame

19th Century French Hand-Painted Silk Fan with Carved Wood Sticks in Frame

Located in Dallas, TX

Decorate a wall or salon with this elegant antique framed fan, crafted in France circa 1890

Category

Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Silk

French Japonisme Hand-Painted Oil-on-canvas of a Geisha with a Fan
French Japonisme Hand-Painted Oil-on-canvas of a Geisha with a Fan

French Japonisme Hand-Painted Oil-on-canvas of a Geisha with a Fan

Located in New York, NY

A beautiful 19th century French japonisme oil-on-canvas painting of a Geisha holding a fan. This

Category

1880s French Japonisme Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Canvas

Rare Set of Japanese Byōbu Screen Copper Holders, 19th Century
Rare Set of Japanese Byōbu Screen Copper Holders, 19th Century

Rare Set of Japanese Byōbu Screen Copper Holders, 19th Century

Located in Fukuoka, JP

of partially opened hand fans. Made from pure copper, each piece displays a beautifully aged patina

Category

19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Copper

China Set of Three Silk Hand Painted Rigid Fans 'Pay-Pay', circa 1900
China Set of Three Silk Hand Painted Rigid Fans 'Pay-Pay', circa 1900

China Set of Three Silk Hand Painted Rigid Fans 'Pay-Pay', circa 1900

Located in Beuzevillette, FR

Set of 3 delicate silk hand painted rigid fans (Pay-Pay) from China with floral and birds

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Silk, Wood

Antique 19th Century Framed Japanese Silk Fans
Antique 19th Century Framed Japanese Silk Fans

Antique 19th Century Framed Japanese Silk Fans

Located in Norton, MA

Antique 19th century Framed Japanese Silk Fans comprising two attractively framed Japanese silk

Category

Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Silk, Wood

Art Deco Platinum & Diamond Fan Necklace
Art Deco Platinum & Diamond Fan Necklace

Art Deco Platinum & Diamond Fan Necklace

Located in Brisbane City, QLD

Hand crafted from platinum and set with diamonds this Art Deco 'fan' necklace is such a charming

Category

Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Diamond, Platinum

Late 19th Century Japanese Carved Hardwood Okimono of a Man, circa 1890
Late 19th Century Japanese Carved Hardwood Okimono of a Man, circa 1890

Late 19th Century Japanese Carved Hardwood Okimono of a Man, circa 1890

Located in Central England, GB

hand fan made from woven palm leaves and around his neck, he is wearing a string of very large beads

Category

19th Century Japanese Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Americana Quilt with Fan Motifs
Antique Americana Quilt with Fan Motifs

Antique Americana Quilt with Fan Motifs

Located in Atlanta, GA

patched square pattern with fan motifs, all hand stitched with colorful cotton appliques on a two blue

Category

1890s American American Classical Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Chinese Embroidered Paper Fan Case, c. 1850
Chinese Embroidered Paper Fan Case, c. 1850

Chinese Embroidered Paper Fan Case, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

(1644-1911), a must-have accessory that kept her paper fan close to hand. The delicate case is crafted

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans

Materials

Silk, Paper

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Antique Hand Fans For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique hand fans available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, paper and metal, all antique hand fans available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of antique hand fans available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique hand fans to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian, Louis XV and Art Deco antique hand fans are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made antique hand fans over the years, but those made by Alvar Aalto, Brownfield and Sons and Haviland & Co. are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Hand Fans?

Prices for antique hand fans can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique hand fans begin at $68 and can go as high as $48,880, while the average can fetch as much as $1,385.
Questions About Antique Hand Fans
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The names of old fans vary based on when and where they were produced. The Ancient Greeks used a rhipis, while 6th-century Europeans incorporated a ceremonial fan called a flabellum into various ceremonies. The Japanese began producing folded paper fans called ogi during the 7th century. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique and vintage fans.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    There are many types of handheld fans – it is a matter of preference. A handheld fan has a flat surface and is used to create airflow by waving it back and forth Typically, these are paper folding fans with slats that may be closed when not in use. They can also be made from quills or feathers. Choose from an assortment of handheld fans on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A Chinese hand fan is sometimes called a rigid or fixed fan. It refers to a folding fan that became popular during the Ming Dynasty and was often crafted with fine materials, such as ivory, bone or pearl, with paper or fabric coverings decorated with intricate designs. You’ll find a selection of Chinese hand fans on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To identify an antique fan, search all over for a maker's mark. Then, consult an authoritative online reference to match the mark to the manufacturer's name. A licensed appraiser can also assist with identification. You'll find a collection of expertly vetted antique fans on 1stDibs.