Three 19th and 20th Century Fans, to include: A large...

Lot Description:

Three 19th and 20th Century Fans, to include: A large fan with fabric leaf mounted on plain stained wood sticks, the recto showing a rural outdoor musical gathering and picnic, with a young man playing the fiddle accompanied by a small monkey playing miniature cymbals, watched by young family members, accompanied by a dog. Possibly Dutch, with traditional rural head dress and clogs? The verso is a plain deep plum glazed cotton. Together with a large white gauze fan painted with blue forget- me- nots and white petalled blossom, attractively edged and filled with white machine lace in a floral design (in the style of Brussels Point de Gaze), the leaf mounted onto shaped and pierced wood sticks, painted white and lightly gilded; and The Huntsman and the Shepherdess, a large fabric fan printed in vibrant colour and featuring a shepherdess and her goat encountering a huntsman and his dog on a bridge over a stream. Some details are highlighted with minute chain stitch n metallic thread. Mounted in sturdy wood sticks painted in black, the double leaf verso in dark glazed cotton. Fitted with a metal chain with metal loop to hold the fan in place when closed (3)

Condition Report:
. The gauze fan has some splits to the leaf.