Four Decorative Fans of Different Styles, the first circa 1900,...

Lot Description:

Four Decorative Fans of Different Styles, the first circa 1900, being of cream gauze embroidered with silver sequins and spangles, in a design of bows and garlands. The bone monture complements the style with light floral design and clouté in silver. a bone fan, circa 1860's, the monture gently shaped and silvered, with light piercing mainly to the gorge. The double paper lithographed leaf, with vibrant orange and black reserves to the recto, has a central pastoral scene featuring two courting couples and one solitary maiden, a goat, and bagpipes. The verso with lighter reserves of cream and gold, features a central cartouche of three young ladies taking the air, a suitor lurking behind bushes in the background. Side vignettes show a young boy and his sister teaching their puppy to jump through a hoop, and two other children watching their cat chase a mouse. Shaped and embossed gold loop, bi-coloured tassel Guard length approx. 10.5 inches or 27cm; a bright and cheerful bone fan, the monture carved and decoratively pierced, the gorge with well-balanced design highlighted in gold and silver. The fine cotton leaf, mounted à l'Anglaise, is painted in two sections, each bordered in gold. To the left, a courting couple wearing traditional Spanish costume, the lady in embroidered and fringed shawl, accompanied by another lady playing a large tambourine, a tall church spire in the background. To the right, tall columns with statues atop, probably a recognised feature of the location in question. Guard length 9 inches or 23cm. Finally a wood fan with monture painted gold, the double painted leaf featuring romantic scenes, with a couple reclining on a grassy river bank, the bewigged and velvet glad gentleman, with lace jabot, accompanied by a young lady in white, blue sash emphasising a tiny waist, a second vignette shows a Spanish lady with tall hair comb and lace mantilla, holding a folding fan, a suitor beside her, a chaperone in black lace watching. In between the scenes, two winged cherubs frolic. To the left, colourful reserves with roses, to the right, blousy pink peonies and white lilac are tied with pale blue ribbon. Guard length approx. 8.25 inches or 21cm (4)

Condition Report:
. The sequin fan has an old repair to the upper guard, and one rib needs to be secured in position. The lithographed fan has an old metal plate repair to the lower guard, one gorge stick detached from the rib, and some loss to the leaf to the far right as seen from the recto. The fan with Spanish scene is clean and sound, with good detail. No signature noted. The final fan has rubbing to the wood gilding and some splits to folds along the upper leaf edge.