Vintage fan fans? ???'s and photos

[amandainvermont]

Vintage fan fans? ???\'s and photos

This is probably the best of the bunch - Oriental with kind of decoupage hand painted design - bone (?) sticks - peacock feathers. Is this Victorian? It is decorated on both sides.

And I was thinking I might sell the others all together? One has delicate decoration

One is badly damaged, but are the sticks worth anything to anyone?

Going to make a second post...

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

there are some VERY clever VERY creative people over on Etsy; i would think that a fan skeleton would be a fabulous opportunity for a bright mind!

 

[avamac]

The painting on #1 looks like handcolored botanical prints....1830s???? 20s? 40s?

Gads, I once knew....

 

[pastperfect2]

The top one is a Chinese fan made for export. These must have been very popular at the time as quite a few have survived. I think these are ca 1900 - 1920.

Fan frames are worthwhile, they can be covered with a new leaf. Both the second and third look like they could be ivory. I would offer all the fans in good condition separately. Both are very late Victorian/ Edwardian

Hollis

 

[cmpollack]

I know nothing about fans and barely pay attention to them ...

But after seeing that first one of yours, I'm going to be looking now--that is just incredibly beautiful!

 

[hautecountryvintage]

lovely collection of fans!! those sticks are called staves & they can most certainly be reused