Fans Collection (page 6)

Ornate fan and blue vase on a New Year card
Ornate fan with tassels and a blue vase on a New Year card. circa 1890s

Fan decorated with flowers on a New Year card
Fan decorated with pink and blue flowers on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the form of a fan, with a bride in white gown and veil. Date: circa 1890s

New Year card in the form of a fan, decorated with yellow flowers and pink ribbon. Date: circa 1890s

Fairies in boats on a fabric Christmas card
Fairies with flowers in boats on a fabric Christmas card. circa 1890s

Compact with Open Fan
Compact & fan with diamante decoration & silk tassel. The open fan has pierced sticks of ivory or imitation ivory. The compact has lipstick, powder puff & a mirror. Date: circa 1915

Woman with Fan C. 1620
A Frenchwoman of the court of Louis XIII holds a rigid fan of ostrich plumes. Date: circa 1620

Ossi Oswalda with Fan
Actress Ossi Oswalda holds a folding fan with decorative sticks covered in ostrich plumes. Her gauze hat is also trimmed with feathers - this time its osprey. Date: early 1920s

Paris fashion plate 1878
Silk Christmas and New Years party dresses. Hair arranged high, the front parted and waved, or the ends curved forward in crescent shape on the forehead, chignon on the nape of the neck. Date: 1878

Mme de Stael (Debucourt)
Anne-Louise baroness de Stael (1766 - 1817) French writer and saloniste, surrounded by friends and admirers

Young women, Kate Greenaway 1879
Six young women by Kate Greenaway. 1879

Womens bustle 1886
Side view of a woman wearing a plain plaited striped skirt and jacket with a ledged bustle. 1886

Costume August 1886
Hand-coloured page of the latest Paris fashion of 1886. 1886

Womens ball dresses 1886
Elegant dresses to goto to the ball. 1886

Old Maid Cooks for Pets
A spinster cooks food for her pets. Date: 1885

Men and women in traditional costume, China
Two men and two women in traditional costume with fans, China. Date: circa 1930

The Kimonos
Promotional postcard for The Kimonos The reverse has in printed handwriting Dear Koko, The Kimonos are here this week. You will see the particulars on the large bills. Do come with me

Heart of Gold by Beatrice de Burgh and Lawrence Grant
Promotional postcard for Heart of Gold by Beatrice de Burgh and Lawrence Grant. First produced Coronet Theatre, 11th February 1905

For every frock1929
Accessories to go with your evening frocks. 1929

Family scenes on a New Year card
Family scenes on a three-part New Year card, with dancing in the middle. Date: circa 1890s

Group of young people at a rock and roll convention in Cornwall, wearing 1950s style costume. Date: 1985

Set of oriental items on a greetings card -- a cabinet, a screen, blue and white porcelain, fans, and a potted plant on a stand. Date: circa 1890s

Vietnam - Group of Actresses - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
A delightfully hand-tinted postcard showing a group of Traditional Vietnamese Actresses - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Date: circa 1909

Family celebration on a New Year card
Family enjoying an evening celebration with dancing on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Fanning hair to add strength and beauty
Edwardian beauty routine for the hair - using a fan to waft strength and beauty into ones locks! Date: 1904

Two kittens with teapot on a greetings card
Two kittens with teapot and fan on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Couple in Regency costume on a New Year card, their faces hidden behind a large fan. Date: circa 1890s

Three bulldogs with fans on a Christmas card
Three bulldogs looking coy with fans on a Christmas card, with a seasonal verse below. circa 1890s

Family playing blind mans buff on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian Scrap, oriental performer with fan circa 1880s

People picnicking in a wood, Silver Creek, Mississippi, USA
A large group of people picnicking in a wood at Silver Creek, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1908

Japanese children putting their dolls to bed on a hot night
Japanese children putting their dolls to bed on a hot summer night. Date: 1932

Cartoon, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver. Scene: Gulliver manoeuvring with his little Boat in the Cistern. By James Gillray. A satire on King George III and Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: 1804

Indian cart, palanquin, musical instrument, books, fans, etc.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Statue of Venus, Roman bracelets, fans, shoes, parasol, and mirror.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

British art nouveau fan design by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956).. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

Silver clasps with enamel by arts-and-crafts movement designer Annie Alabaster and David Veazey.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

British art nouveau hair pins in silver, gold and enamel.. By David Veazey, E.M. Hodgkinson, W. Hodgkinson and Annie McLeish

British art nouveau jewellery designs in gold, silver, enamel and mosaic by Thomas A. Cook.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

French art nouveau fan design by Georges de Feure (1868-1943).. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

British art nouveau pendants, lockets and brooches.. By A.E. Arscott, E. May Brown, W. Hodgkinson, Annie McLeish, Kate Allen and Isabel McBean

British art nouveau fan design, stencilled on silk, by Reginald T. Dick.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

British art nouveau fan design on silk by Frank Conder.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

Austrian art nouveau jewellery scarf pins, pendants, and brooches in enamel, gold, silver.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

British art nouveau design for painted fan by H. Granville Fell.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

British art nouveau buckle in wrought silver and enamel by Nelson and Edith Dawson.. Enameled botanicals of bluebells and love in a mist

Fan painted on silk by Henri Cassiers: Dutch landscape with peasants in front of windmills.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

French art nouveau pendant and necklet by Eugene Grasset.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

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