Fans & Finery

C 1860/70’s, a good mother of pearl fan with extensive gilding, deep gorge and well carved sticks, the central gorge with a large oval in which th...

Fans and accessories, late 19th century to early 20th century: Four fans, the first with cream silk satin leaf, a central cartouche depicting a pa...

Three fans from the 1890’s: a large wood fan with cream cotton leaf, painted with Pierrot kneeling on a branch and looking through a telescope, th...

A varied selection of 19th and 20th century fans, comprising a very large example with black wood monture and plain black glazed cotton leaf, the ...

A Regency engraved and coloured fan with double paper leaf, and slender wood monture with bone thumb guards, the leaf featuring a young mother in ...

Circa 1890’s, a German folding fan, en camaieu, believed to show the Ridge of Valkyries, with several interesting features: stag hunt in the back...

A black wood fan, carved and gilded, early 20th c, mounted with a silk leaf, painted with a courting couple, a chaperone to the side, the reserves...

An Art Nouveau fan, the monture of bone, shaped and gilded, the silk leaf painted with a lady in a stylized landscape reaching to pick flowers, he...

Two Jenny Lind or Palmette fans for a young girl, the first with elegant and slender bone monture, the narrow panels in cream silk, delicately pai...

A good Brussels lace fan, mounted on mother of pearl, burgau, including the ribs, the leaf most likely of Point d’Angleterre with Point de Gaze fo...

Antique Lace :A large Mixed Brussels and white mother of Pearl fan, c 1890’s, the lace leaf with a central floral spray, the roses of Point de Gaz...

Ann Collier; a shaped fan/sun shading hat, of the folding type easy to pack, the monture in light wood, the fabric black cotton, applied with need...

Ann Collier: a unique fan from the Gilbert and Sullivan Series, needle lace against a bobbin ground, the leaf showing a scene from Gondoliers, mou...

Ann Collier: a unique fan from the Gilbert and Sullivan series, needle lace against a bobbin ground, mounted on bone, showing a scene from Trial b...

Ann Collier: a large and unique fan with a ground of Bedfordshire Maltese lace in soft shades of green and turquoise, the green used for leaves, a...

Ann Collier: a unique design by Ann Collier, presented in custom-made shaped box covered in black velvet with handmade embroidered roundel, in fon...

Ann Collier: a unique design worked with relief, the black handmade net leaf mounted on mother of pearl, burgau, a good solid frame, featuring tig...

Ann Collier: a more traditional lace design by Ann, worked in Bedfordshire Maltese bobbin lace, featuring two birds, peacocks with elaborate tails...

Ann Collier: An intricate leaf designed to form a posy when closed, the monture of wood, carved and pierced and painted gold, the flowers all in n...

Ann Collier: The Flamenco dancer, a lace leaf design in sections, in mainly red and black to present the movement and vibrancy of the Spanish fla...

Ann Collier: The Dancers, a bone fan with pierced monture, the lace leaf with open borders of beaded Beds Maltese top and bottom, a foliate design...

Ann Collier: a very large bone fan, the monture lightly incised, the cream bobbin ground hosting a large spray of roses in shades of pink, with tr...

Ann Collier: Of Royal interest, the William and Kate wedding fan (April 29th 2011), worked in the Carrickmacross lace technique and embroidered, f...

Ann Collier: a unique design, worked to fit a bone monture in 18the century battoir fashion, the skeleton of this monture quite open and shaped, p...

Ann Collier: a double-sided lace leaf designed by Ann Collier, featuring phoenix birds, the monture of cedar wood, carved, the cream bobbin lace g...

Two Edwardian fabric parasols (Shipping category F)

Advertising fans: The Savoy Hotel, printed by Maquet, a good paper fan with double leaf, sticks dyed red, the verso featuring a pretty lady in str...

Antique, early 19th century small size bags: the first made from panels of patterned, woven silk, probably Persian, the design of small flowers, t...

A late 19th c/early 20th century Chinese silk robe, black with applied shaped cloud collar, embroidered in silk and gold metal thread, matching he...

Chinese wood lacquered boxes, 19th century, in which large fringed embroidered silk shawls or robes, were sold: both with period annotations on th...

An antique Chinese embroidered silk jacket. Ru, closure to the right, the body of the Ru embroidered throughout in coloured silks with butterflies...

A colourful antique Chinese collar, Quing Dynasty, with silk tie strap, each panel in two sections the upper sections with red silk centres embroi...

Chinese embroidery: a well-executed embroidered panel, framed and glazed, black silk embroidered in shades of blue, with a double central vertical...

An antique Chinese embroidered silk jacket, Ru, closure to the right, with 5 metal bobble buttons, the black silk applied with large panels of cre...

A 19th century Japanese purse or pouch, in teal wool, applied with a sun or moon in beige wool, embroidered in silk thread with flying birds, supp...

19th century traditional caps and bonnets: A very early embroidered bonnet or cap worked in beige, in three sections, all edges bound, European, p...

Antique Ottoman purses, two in plum velvet, one in ruby leather, all embroidered in gold: the first in dark velvet, attractively shaped, and embro...

World Textiles: a good assortment of embroidered textiles , comprising a shisha work square cloth in mainly yellow and cerise thread on black; a b...

Embroidered European ladies’ caps and bonnets or traditional head coverings, and costume decoration: To include a triangular forehead cover, very ...

A fine quality Ottoman burgundy leather gentleman’s purse with three compartments, early 19th century, elaborately embroidered to the front panels...

Ottoman textiles: Gold metal thread embroideries, the first square, possibly a turban cover, very fine cotton with a tiny border of metal thread l...

Ottoman textiles, a selection of towels and a shawl: a medium weight towel with silk embroidery to each end, mainly salmon and teal, interspersed ...

World textiles: an assortment of items comprising a square cloth embroidered in silks with a deep, elaborate border designed with alternating roun...

A fine framed needlework picture worked with a Turkish influence on a pale ginger gauze, a floral design in cream, green and rust silks, an attrib...

19th century borders and sections of paisley and Indian woven shawls, different design, one section from a shawl centre with signature; together w...

World Textiles: a Chinese silk scarf or runner, woven in bands in pastels; an uncut Japanese kimono, royal blue crepe printed with stylized floral...

World Textiles: A shaped linen door hanging, Toran, Indian, embroidered in coloured silks with flowers (some with silver sequins on the petals) an...

A Child’s folk dress coat, in red wool with cream cuffs, seam and collar, heavily embroidered with flowers and crosses, the front panels having fo...

Trade beads: a selection of small beads with metal inlay, four similar in royal blue, the remainder in different shapes and sizes in mainly sea-gr...

Trade beads: Thirteen beads of differing size, two being larger and appearing to have inset metal, two more of similar design but perhaps not meta...

Trade beads: a good selection of beads, various sizes and shapes, many black or grey, carved, others of mineral, seven in carved bone; one in cre...

19th and early 20th century embroidery: three items, the first a very finely worked reproduction of classic Tudor style design, worked on eau de n...

A. Wilder 1888: a long school stitch sampler, a competent and detailed item, showing bobbin lace, netting, drawn thread, darning, tucking, eyelet ...

A mid-19th century darning sampler, European, unusual with a mix of darning, woolwork, beadwork, with floral border, 8 large darns, and a central ...

An exceptionally rare 19th century embroidered picture: a true reflection of social history, showing a parlour scene, worked in different material...

Whiting and Davis, USA: a gold armour mesh bag with good pierced gold metal frame and gold metal chain, marked to the frame interior “Whiting and ...

Antique bags and purses: a selection of 19th century beaded and woven evening bags, comprising a draw string bag in teal and central stripes, deco...

A large quantity of small and varied 19th century coin purses, beaded, some à diable, crocheted in many colours, some with draw strings, some with...

Antique bags and purses including miser’s purses: comprising a small teal bag with gold base metal frame, à la diable; a small coin purse with dra...

19th century bags and purses: from Asia, a crochet draw-string bag formed in four panels, an element of metal thread, flowers in relief, incorpora...