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Navy Sailor Patriotic Printed Paddle Fan, Early 20th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
illustrated fans within reach of the masses. Lithographed and printed fans imitated hand-drawn and hand
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century a Pair of Chinese Silk Fans with Giltwood Handles
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted floral motifs on silk Chinese fans Qing dynasty, the fan in silk
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Woven Ceremonial Royal Fan, Chokwe People, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Woven Ceremonial Royal Fan, Chokwe People, D. R. Congo
A rare and finely woven
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Natural Fiber
18th Century New England Highboy in Cherry with Fan Carving
Located in Milford, NH
molding and a two over three drawer configuration, the center of which featuring a carved radial fan, over
Category
18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Brass
Large 19th Century French Decorative Fan with Chubby Angels on Blue Sky
Located in Atlanta, GA
artistic elegance. The fan leaf is meticulously hand-painted on vellum or silk, featuring a vibrant
Category
19th Century French Baroque Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Bone, Silk, Paint
Venetian Antique Silver Flecks Orange Flower Italian Art Glass Fan Card Holder
By Ferro Toso Barovier, Salviati, Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Venetian early Murano hand blown silver flecks with orange decorative design and
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
19th Century Italian Carved Gilt Decorative Palmetta Fan Wall Frieze
Located in Milano, MI
An original hand-carved and leaf gilded wall frieze as a giltwood porta Palme vase with handles
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Gilt Silver Filigree And Enamel Brise Fan
Located in Brea, CA
Rare Fine Antique early 19th century Chinese gilt silver filigree and enamel brise fan , Qing
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Authentic Antique Fan Back Windsor Side Chair Mid-Atlantic DE PA Dimes
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Interesting chair. Usable, the joinery is tight. Paper Label tacked on bottom: Mr. John N Yeatts, Saint Davids, Dealware Lee, Penna.
W 23 x D 19 x Seat H 17 / Back H 37.5 in.
Category
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wood
South German Biedermeier Sofa in Walnut with Fan-Carved Crest, circa 1830
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very beautiful South German Biedermeier Sofa in fine walnut with shaped, fan-carved crest rail
Category
1830s German Biedermeier Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Art Deco Wittmann Style Rich Turquoise Velvet Fan Back Cocktail Chair, 1930s
By Wittmann
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Original Art Deco luxurious rich turquoise blue velvet fan back cocktail chair with metal feet
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Brass
Rare Unique Late 18th Century Chinese Gilt Silver Filigree and Enamel Brise Fan
Located in Brea, CA
Unique rare fine antique 18th century Chinese gilt silver filigree and enamel brise fan, Qing
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Silver, Enamel
19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century French Painted Silk of Mother of Pearl Fan with Frame Case
Located in Brea, CA
19th Century French painted silk of mother of pearl fan, shadow-box framed antique ladies fan, made
Category
1850s French French Provincial Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Lacquer
Unique Pair Handcrafted Pure Art Deco Fan Design Alabaster Wall Sconces, 1920s
Located in Lisse, NL
pair stand out from any pair we ever saw is the beautiful, geometrical 'folded fan' design. We have
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
E W Godwin, Attributed, an Anglo-Japanese Circular Armchair with Fan Shaped Arms
By Edward William Godwin, Collinson
Lock
Located in London, GB
-Japanese walnut circular parlour chair with fan shaped arms on bulbous turned legs united by circular
Category
1870s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Walnut
Dutch Crystal footed bowls with diamond and fan cut, ca 1860
Located in Delft, NL
foot with diamond and fan hand-cut crystal. Dutch, ca 1860.
Please notice. The bowls have various
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Crystal
18th Century Queen Anne Cherry Wood Two Part Highboy with Radial Fan Carving
Located in Milford, NH
over three fitted drawers, the central of which featuring a radial fan carving. The skirt is nicely
Category
Mid-17th Century American Queen Anne Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Brass
Sublime Antique 1920s Art Deco New York Fan Mirror with Heavily Foxed Plate
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale absolutely sublime Art Deco New York wall mirror with original paint and heavily foxed glass plate.
This mirror is very decorative and well made...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mirror
"Equal suffrage for Michigan in 1916" Advertising Fan for the Bissell Company
Located in York County, PA
this event. As the fans are hand-painted, imported, and lettered in gold gilt, it would appear that
Category
1910s American Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Silk
Large Antique Chinese Hand Painted Wallpaper Section in Carved Hardwood Frame
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderfully charming large and colorful Chinese hand painted wallpaper section in a carved and
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
Traditional Woman from Majorca – Hand-Colored Engraving, c.1820
Located in Langweer, NL
adds a note of sophistication, while the fan in her hand suggests refinement and confidence. Her gold
Category
1820s French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
A Large 18th Century Beautifully Hand-Painted Wood Three-Drawer Commode, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
shape, giving this piece an robust chest. There are hand-painted scrolling and fanned acanthus leaves
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C Federal Style Hand Carved Mahogany Piecrust Edge Tilt-top Tea Table
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
mahogany Piecrust Edge Tilt-Top Tea Table with birdcage action. The top is exceptionally hand carved with
Category
Early 20th Century American Federal Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mahogany
Superb Set of Six Antique English Geo. I/II Style Hand Carved Mahogany Chairs
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
the hand carved "spider web" or "fan" motif illustrated on the crestrail of the back and knee of the
Category
Late 19th Century English George II Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mahogany
$7,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Spanish Woman from Madrid – Hand-Colored Engraving, Costume de divers Pays, 1820
Located in Langweer, NL
Spanish Woman from Madrid – Hand-Colored Engraving, Costume de divers Pays No.66, c.1820
This
Category
1820s French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Spanish Castilian Console Table With Two Carved Drawers And Turned Legs, 1890s
Located in BÉTERA, ES
drawers richly decorated with hand-carved foliate and fan motifs, a characteristic detail of Spanish
Category
1890s Spanish Baroque Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Iron
Art Nouveau Figurine
Pierrette
by Martin Wiegand, Meissen Germany, ca 1908
By Martin Wiegand, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
, coquettishly looking up and smiling, holding a black half-mask to her chest in her right hand, a folded fan in
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 18th Century Meissen Porcelain
French Doré Three Arm Bronze Candelabras
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
design continues with doré bronze and hand-carved leaves that fan out in a graceful flourish, not only
Category
18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Ormolu
Monumental Italian Carved Alabaster Art Nouveau Bust, by A. Cipriani
Pedestal
By Adolfo Cipriani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
flowing hair beneath a large, lace-edged bonnet—meticulously hand-carved with pierced fan-like motifs to
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Romantic Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Alabaster
Large Satsuma lidded vase, late 19th Century
By Satsuma
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive, fine quality Japanese Satsuma lidded vase. Having inset hand painted fan shaped
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage "Masuyama" Lehman Wind-Up Toy. German, Circa 1913 Rare
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
accompanying the listing); as the wheels turn smoothly and the lady fans herself by moving the hand held fan
Category
1910s German Folk Art Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Tin
Pair of Chinese Export Reverse Paintings On Glass and Mirror, Double Panes
Located in Norton, MA
noblewomen within an interior setting with the typical Chinese Traditional customs and fans on the hands
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Glass, Wood, Mirror
Art Deco Platinum Ring with Pearls and Old-Cut Diamonds
Located in MONTMORENCY, FR
of the 1920s–1930s period.
The openwork gallery reveals exceptional hand craftsmanship, featuring
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Plaster Sculpture of a Samurai Warrior The Samurai were a caste of warrior
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
carrying a large decorated fan in one hand and making the sign to ward off evil with the other, beneath his
Category
19th Century Japonisme Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Plaster
Portrait of Noblewoman with Harp - Painting by A. Varucca - 1891
Located in Roma, IT
in evening dress with a beautiful harp and a fan.
Hand signed and dated lower left.
The style
Category
1890s Modern Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Oil
$11,134 Sale Price
25% Off
Royal Burmese Official
His Wife in State Attire – Antique Costume Print, c1800
Located in Langweer, NL
head is adorned with an elaborate hair ornament or diadem. In her hand, she holds a fan—a symbol of
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Antique Costume Print of Mendoza – Young Woman in Traditional Dress, 1854
Located in Langweer, NL
enhances the elegance of her appearance. She holds a hand-painted fan adorned with a small pastoral scene
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Ivory handle walking stick depicting a Japonise woman jneeling, Europe 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Japanese woman with a fan in her hand and a bouquet of flowers. band in 925/1000 silver. Bamboo wood cane
Category
Early 20th Century European Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Metal, Silver
Fine Pair Of Antique Walnut And Cane Armchairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
brown Walnut. The chairs feature fanned backs with hand-pulled caning under oval finials echoing stylish
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Antique French Costume Print of a Lady of the Court, Reign of Henri III, ca.1860
Located in Langweer, NL
-like decoration, complements the grandeur of her ensemble. She holds a small fan in one hand, her
Category
1860s Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Turn of Century English Portrait of Mrs. Rogerson
By John Charlton
Located in Soquel, CA
and soft pastel floral patterns. She holds a fan in one hand, possibly symbolizing sophistication or
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
French Provincial Early 19th Century Buffet Sideboard
Located in Hopewell, NJ
the apron, which has been carved at the center with a pediment featuring a hand carved fan, rendered
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century Bronze Sculpture Of A Lady Mantel Clock
Located in Guaynabo, PR
is dressed with an 18th century dress adorned with bows and laces. She is holding a fan in her hand
Category
19th Century French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Seto Satsuma Charger Japan Figure Relief Edo or Meiji
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
an Arhat. He is carrying a fan in his hand and behin his head a halo is visible. Check the facial
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Porcelain
$839 Sale Price
39% Off
Japanese Customer - Original Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
fan in her hand, through congruous and harmonious colors created by deft and delicate stokes.
Category
19th Century Modern Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Lithograph
19th Century "Secret Lover" Brooch
Located in New York, NY
spiral frame and fan and hand motif are 14k gold and the interior of the glass locket frame is a rigid
Category
1870s French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Freshwater Pearl, Turquoise, 14k Gold
1908 FEMALE AMERICAN ARTIST Impressionist ASHCAN School Woman at the OPERA
By Alice Mumford Roberts Culin
Located in New York, NY
wearing a vivid pink dress with impressive detailing, holding a fan on her hand. Fantastic RARE Painting
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Oil
Large Antique Viennese Cold-Painted Bronze Lamp of a Princess by Bergman
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in London, GB
princess is reclining atop a chaise lounge while a young Arab boy is standing with a fan in one hand next
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Plate of Masked Dancer
Located in Atlanta, GA
luxuriant costume with wide sleeves and a tall hat. One hand holds a fan the other a clustered bell
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of English Regency Ormolu Chinoiserie Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
hold a fan in their hands. Both set upon fluted pedestal bases. A charming and unusual pair.
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Ormolu
Symphony in White No. 2, The Little White Girl
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
holding a fan in her hand, and wearing a white dress. The model is Joanna Hiffernan, the artist's mistress
Category
1920s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mezzotint
Antique Portrait of Princess Carolina, Princess of Orange-Nassau and Weilburg
Located in Langweer, NL
in frills, with left hand holding a closed fan and with right hand raised to breast, holding a flower
Category
18th Century Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Two Actors - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
By Toyohara Chikanobu
Located in Soquel, CA
extravagant kimonos, one kneeling facing left, while the other is above, looking down, a fan in his hand. A
Category
1890s Edo Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Chinese Chippendale Style Schiedmayer Piano Oriental Scenes Embossed Japanning
Located in Leeds, GB
pagoda, a female figure stretches out her hand towards a seated man, fanning himself as a swallow flies
Category
Late 19th Century German Chinese Chippendale Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
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Find a variety of antique hand fans available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, paper and metal, all antique hand fans available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of antique hand fans available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique hand fans to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian, Louis XV and Art Deco antique hand fans are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made antique hand fans over the years, but those made by Alvar Aalto, Brownfield and Sons and Haviland
Co. are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Hand Fans?
Prices for antique hand fans can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique hand fans begin at $68 and can go as high as $48,880, while the average can fetch as much as $1,385.
Questions About Antique Hand Fans
- What are old fans called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The names of old fans vary based on when and where they were produced. The Ancient Greeks used a rhipis, while 6th-century Europeans incorporated a ceremonial fan called a flabellum into various ceremonies. The Japanese began producing folded paper fans called ogi during the 7th century. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique and vintage fans.
- What is the best hand held fan?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021There are many types of handheld fans – it is a matter of preference. A handheld fan has a flat surface and is used to create airflow by waving it back and forth Typically, these are paper folding fans with slats that may be closed when not in use. They can also be made from quills or feathers. Choose from an assortment of handheld fans on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A Chinese hand fan is sometimes called a rigid or fixed fan. It refers to a folding fan that became popular during the Ming Dynasty and was often crafted with fine materials, such as ivory, bone or pearl, with paper or fabric coverings decorated with intricate designs. You’ll find a selection of Chinese hand fans on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To identify an antique fan, search all over for a maker's mark. Then, consult an authoritative online reference to match the mark to the manufacturer's name. A licensed appraiser can also assist with identification. You'll find a collection of expertly vetted antique fans on 1stDibs.
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