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19th Century French Hand-Painted Ceramic Fan Bouquetiere from Rouen
Located in Dallas, TX
1880. The unique, hand-painted bouquetiere is shaped as a open fan and has exotic, eastern influences
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Ceramic
Spider Chrysanthemums
Located in Plano, TX
consequently fragile. Now the stencils are often sold as artwork, attached to hand fans, or used to decorate
Category
Early 1900s Edo Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Stencil
Katagami: Pine Needles
Located in Plano, TX
consequently fragile. Now the stencils are often sold as artwork, attached to hand fans, or used to decorate
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Stencil
Hand Held Early 20th Century Fan "Cat With A Martini", American
Located in Incline Village, NV
Small hand held fan, American, circa 1915-1920. Basic lithograph sketch with predominantly hand
Category
1910s Art Deco Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Katagami: Water and Pickerel Weed
Located in Plano, TX
extremely intricate, and consequently fragile. Now the stencils are often sold as artwork, attached to hand
Category
Early 1900s Edo Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Stencil
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Lacquer Scene Gilt Fan with Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century antique Chinese hand painted lacquer scene gilt fan with original lacquer box.
Category
1830s Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Lacquer
Hand Held 19th Century Fan. Signed "Aug Lauronce", French, circa 1885
By Auguste Lauronce
Located in Incline Village, NV
. Colors are of muted grays, beige, flesh tones, and white. The frame and sticks are made of bone. The fan
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Silk
Antique French Framed Mother Pearl Hand Painted Fan, Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
gilded and glazed box frame, dating from the late 18th century.
This wonderful fan is beautifully hand
Category
1790s French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
French Style Hand Painted Gilt Mother of Pearls Fan Shadow Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a mother of pearl sticks and hand painted fan depicting a royal scene in a palace. There are
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Antique French Hand-Painted Cased Mother-of-Pearl Fan, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
1880 in date.
The fan is made from vellum and is beautifully hand-painted and gilded with three
Category
19th Century French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Satinwood
19th Century Chinese Hand Painted Lacquer Export Fan Even-Tail
Located in Brea, CA
Very large antique 19th century Chinese hand painted lacquer export fan even-tail from the Qing
Category
1830s Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Lacquer
Early Chinese Mandarin Hand Held Fan, Qing Dynasty, circa 1835
Located in Incline Village, NV
All original 19th century hand-painted on paper fan with applied pieces of ivory and applied pieces
Category
1830s Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Antique French Hand Painted Mother Pearl Fan Cercier 18th Century
Located in London, GB
giltwood frame dating from the late 18th century.
The fan is beautifully hand painted with figures at
Category
1790s French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Giltwood
Antique and Complete, Hand Carved Teakwood Chinese Blanket Chest w. Fan Pattern
Located in Lisse, NL
typical Chinese elements is what immediately drew our attention. The hand carved Chinese fan in the front
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Brass
1870s Framed Fan
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Hand painted 1870s fan, framed in a shadow box, velvet handles, sterling tips.
Category
1870s Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Organic Material
$495
French Fan Top Birdcage
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This French country wooden birdcage has charming original appeal. The sides have fan top detail in
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wire
1920S Hand Painted Silk With Fan Print And Metallic Embroidery Kimono
Located in New York, NY
1920S Hand Painted Silk With Fan Print And Metallic Embroidery Kimono
Category
1920s Japanese Antique Hand Fans
Venus Fan Coral, late 18th century engraving with original hand-colouring
By Frederick Polydore Nodder
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
The Fan Gorgonia or Venus's Fan. Coral engraving from Shaw & Nodder's 'The Naturalist's Miscellany
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Engraving
Japanese Folding Fan, 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese folding fan exquisitely painted in gold, white, black and green depicting a branch of
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Silver Plated Fan Brooch Hand Painted on Mother of Pearl
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese silver plated fan brooch featuring an exquisite hand painted red and gold crane
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Hand Fans
19th Century Crazy Fan Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century crazy fan quilt contained in squares. The condition is very good and lots of amazing
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Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wool
Belle Époque Folding Fan in Silk, Mother of Pearl with Hand Painted Decorations
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare Belle Époque folding fan in silk, mother of pearl with hand painted decorations.
Category
1910s Italian Belle Époque Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Silk
Antique Fan in Its Antique Box
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Hand painted antique fan in a special old wooden box decorated thirty years ago with decoupage by
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Silk
Katagami: Daruma Dolls and Clappers.
Located in Plano, TX
were hand cut. The thick paper material was made from mulberry bark.
Daruma Dolls and Clappers. c.1900
Category
Early 20th Century Edo Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Stencil
Meiji Period Imari Fan Dish, Attrib. Fukagawa
By Fukagawa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meiji period imari fan dish, attributed to Fukagawa
With crossed bamboo borders with, the
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Porcelain
Brass Victorian 19th Century Fan Peacock Screen
Located in Lomita, CA
This exquisite Victorian-era peacock fireplace screen is crafted in solid brass, featuring a fan
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Brass
Burmantofts Rare Faience Fan Shaped Art Pottery Vase
By Burmantofts Pottery
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare Burmantofts Faience art pottery vase modelled as a fan dating from around 1890. Very
Category
1890s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Earthenware
Very large decorative painted wood fan, Japan, circa 1920
Located in PARIS, FR
Very large fan (diameter: 1.62m), made of wood, decorated with samurai, figures, flowers and birds
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Landscape 100 Faces
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan, antique Chinese fan, Qing Dynasty, 100 faces
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Lacquer
Imperial Emperor
s Treasure Silver "Double Fan" Keepsake Box, 1925
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese Imperial Emperor's sterling silver "Fan" keepsake box - gift from the Taisho
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Vintage Decorative Wooden Ceiling Fan, French Early 20th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French black-painted wooden ceiling fan.
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century, Thin Murano Glass Fan Shaped Vase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A small glass vase, handmade from thin glass with an exuberant fan-shaped chalice. A beautiful
Category
1910s Italian Belle Époque Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Murano Glass
Patriotic 47-Star American Flag Folding Fan, 1912
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
imitated hand-drawn versions of earlier eras. Advertising fans, like this one produced by Babeskin Soap
Category
1910s Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Brilliant Colors Ten Woodblock Fan Prints Immediately Frameable
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese antique brilliant colors woodblock Fan prints, set of ten (10), Meiji period.
Immediately
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Paper
Antique Amish Quilt, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Snails Trail Fan Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Amish all wool stunning fans or snails trail quilt in pristine
Category
Early 20th Century American Country Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wool
Aubör Austrian Art Deco Geisha Girl and Fan Bronze Bookends
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning pair Art Deco Austrian gold cold painted stylized geisha girls and fan bookends signed
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Antique Decorative Wall Object, Porcelain Fan in Custom Green Velour Shadow Case
By Limoges
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive custom mounted wall hanging that features a hand-painted porcelain "fan" mounted in a
Category
1890s French Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Gold Plate
Pair of 18th Century American Federal Period Carved Fan Shaped Lintels
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful pair of fan shaped late 18th century American Federal period lintels or over doors with
Category
Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Round Paper Fan "Wall Decoration " 1860s-1920s / Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old paper fan made in Japan.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
The handle
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
French Brass Pierced Gallery Acanthus Foliage Fire Place Fan Screen , circa 1870
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1380 French brass pierced gallery urn finial acanthus foliage folding fire place fan screewith
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Gilded Mother of Pearls Framed Ladies Fan
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a hand painted ladies fan with an 18th century scene of a courting couple in a pastoral
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
French Gilt Brass Decorative Pierced Foliage Fire Place Fan Screen, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
French gilt brass decorative pierced folding fire place fan screen with a foliage and berry handle
Category
1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III Bronze and Brass Fan Shaped Fireplace Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
France, circa 1870, this whimsical, peacock shaped screen sits on an intricate bronze stand. The fan
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century, A Pair of Antique Burmese Wooden Fans with Gilded Gold and Glass
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A pair of antique Burmese wooden fans with gilded gold and glass.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Period Photo Frame Handmade in Oak with Fan Sides, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful photo frame from the Art Deco period, handmade from oak with a fan design and
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Glass, Oak
Rare
Great Pair of Art Deco Era, Fan Design Gilt Bronze
Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Lisse, NL
wall sconces too fit that bill. This hand-crafted pair of art-glass and bronze wall lights in the Art
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Hand Carved Solid Mahogany Large Flap top Games Table
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
A wonderful Antique English hand carved highly figured, solid dense"Cuban" mahogany Chippendale
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chippendale Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Noblewoman Wooden Gingerbread Cookie Speculaas Springerle Mold
Located in Nuernberg, DE
(Noblewoman with folding fan). Made of hand carved wood. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Wood
Mid 19th Century Mahogany Corner Cabinet, C.1870
Located in San Francisco, CA
loss to finish
The cabinet is lined with beautiful inlay work and the crown is hand carved with a
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Chinese pair of Reverse Glass Paintings
Located in Point Richmond, CA
with flute in hand, the other with a fan, each seated on a chair with a red cover cloth and in the
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Glass
18th Century English Side Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century side table from England with a two plank top, the front plank having hand carved fan
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Oak
Japanese Imari plater, circa 1890. 64cm (25") diameter
Located in Brighton, Sussex
hand painted scenes of fan shaped panels depicting a boy carrying logs for his master, and a cart
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Porcelain
1820 American Federal Pine Fireplace Mantle
Located in Surrey, BC
with a hand carved centre fan and acorn detail. The legs rest on a plinth block at base. The top shelf
Category
1810s American Federal Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Pine
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Nodding Ladies, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
decorated with a pair of chilong and a phoenix head.
They each carry a red fan in one hand, and a pink ruyi
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Blue and White Quintal Flower Vase, Delft, Holland, circa 1850
Located in Dallas, TX
"fingers”) is designed to display flowers in a fanned arrangement. Hand-painted circa 1850 in the typical
Category
1850s Dutch Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Earthenware, Delft, Faience
Vintage American Brilliant Period Cut Crystal Pitcher
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Vintage American Brilliant Pitcher features hand-cut pinwheel and fan patterns, heavy handle, and
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Crystal
Elegant Portrait of Lady in Rococo Attire Fine 19th Century French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
blue and gold gown adorned with intricate details. She stands poised with a delicate fan in hand
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Hand Fans
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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Antique Hand Fans For Sale on 1stDibs
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.
- 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.
- 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, 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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