Fans & Finery

The Spring Fans and Finery auction features unusual needlework in the form of 18th c samplers, band and otherwise, and an exquisitely detailed pic...

Five c 1890’s fans plus an assortment of tourist and other fans: a large bone fan, the leaf a good heavy cream silk, backed in cream, the recto pa...

C 1890’s, an unusual incised bone fan mounted with a leaf of cream silk, bordered with a floral machine lace, and featuring a sketch in the centre...

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...

A wood fan, the monture carved and pierced, painted gold, c 1870’s, the black silk satin leaf with black machine lace to the top edge, the sticks ...

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...

18th to 20th century brisé fans: a c 1820’s tortoiseshell fan with pointed sticks, pierced, alternate sticks painted with flower heads, barrel hea...

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...

Original fan-designed machine-stitched coverlet by Doris Maxwell, mother of former Fan Circle International member Kathy Maxwell in Australia, dat...

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...

A 19th century Brussels Bobbin Appliqué lace fan, the monture of white mother of pearl, the head shaped, the lace designed with flowers abs leaves...

Antique Lace: a c 1890’s Mixed Brussels lace fan, the monture of pink mother of pearl, the deep leaf with three needle point flowers surrounded by...

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: two fans, the first with bone monture carved, shaped and pierced, the leaf comprising cream silk panels painted with pink roses and s...

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...

A large fan, the monture of pink mother of pearl, gilded, the cream silk leaf Chinese, being embroidered in pastels with a branch of flowering blo...

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...

19th/20th century gold thread and beaded fragments including ecclesiastical items: comprising a gold sequin and thread panel worked on black silk;...

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...

19th century Ottoman embroidered textiles, mainly towels, with sashes and end panels: ten examples worked in silks and metal threads, some with ex...

Two 19th century turban covers or wraps, bocha, square, the first of fine linen and very heavily embellished with gold embroidery and sequins, fea...

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...

World textiles: a shawl of printed cotton batik, a busy design to the centre with larger designs to the ends, Indonesia, approx. 259 cm by 107 cm;...

Ottoman textiles: four good embroidered items, comprising a fine towel, each end finished in metal thread lace, two borders with stylized designs ...

Antique Peruvian woven textiles, and fragments and three specialist books, (in German, but many illustrations); a small fragment, framed, possibly...

Indo-Persian textiles: a selection of good embroidered textiles from the 9th century and possibly earlier, comprising two end sections of a cream ...

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, several incorporating gold-coloured metal strips: a square cloth or turban cover edged in hand-made silver metal thread lace, wi...

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