Lot Essay
There is a similar fan in Dr. van Saanen's collection, illustrated p.66 From Court to Confectionary, Lausanne 1994, Paul van Saanen and Peter Greenhalgh
Details
A cockade fan or Flabellum
painted with flowers, with bone handle - 20in. (51cm.) diameter including radius, early 18th century; and another cockade fan with green leaf and wooden sticks - circa 1840
See illustration of the first fan
painted with flowers, with bone handle - 20in. (51cm.) diameter including radius, early 18th century; and another cockade fan with green leaf and wooden sticks - circa 1840
See illustration of the first fan
Literature