(on 10) VARIOUS 19TH C. FANS
(2) Allen Fan Co., c. 1880, the larger, printed toile (a coarse cotton used in that period)
depicting drinkers outside a tavern in a leafy landscape, gold painted ebonized sticks, 13.5"; 25"open (two stains on red cloth back, do not show through); another, c. 1870, pierced gilded sticks, narrow black cloth fan leaf with hand-sewn metal sequins, mother-of-pearl stud in guard stick, 8.5"; 16"open; an English fan, c. 1870, hand-painted little girl on brown silk, carved brown stained wood sticks, 11"; 19.5"open; a painted net and white lace fan with bone sticks, 14" (stains on net); a hand-painted rooster and chickens fan, wood sticks with unusual guard sticks, 10.5"; a Spanish fan, lacquered sticks painted with matador and bull, narrow black cloth fan leaf, 8.5"; a c. 1900, goose-down feathers on cloth leafs, pierced sandlewood sticks with inlaid gold sequins, 11"; a lace and sequin fan with bone sticks, 8", (stains); along with a celluloid fan box, and a Victorian green velvet fan sleeve, 14.5"
The private collection of an Andover, Massachusetts woman.
Condition in text.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $150 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 266 : (on 10) VARIOUS 19TH C. FANS
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