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Sculptural Pair of Kabuki Actors on Stage
Located in New York, NY
the other with an anchor and waves, one holds a spear the other a bow and fan with paper wave stage
Category
1840s Edo Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Fabric
$6,500 / set
Tortoiseshell and Paper Fan
Located in London, GB
The tortoiseshell sticks finely pierced with silver and gold floral decoration, the paper fan
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Tortoise Shell
Parcel-Gilt, Mother-of-Pearl, Silk and Paper Antique Fan
Located in London, GB
paper fan painted with a middle eastern scene with figures, in a gold mounted, silk box.
This
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19th Century French Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Silk, Paper
19th Century Spanish School Gold and Silver Paper and Bone Linkage Fan
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing 19th century Spanish gold and silver with corla paper fan!! With printed and colored
Category
1880s Spanish Romantic Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
19th Century Illustrated French Hand Fan in Gilt Shadow Box Frame
Located in Madrid, ES
French paper fan nicely lithographed with "fêtes galantes" or scenes of aristocratic romance, with
Category
19th Century French Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paper
Chinese Fan Form Bat Tray, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
China's Shanxi province. The tray is shaped in the form of a paper fan, an accessory that emerged in China
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Birch
DRAMATIC, CIRCULAR FLAG FAN
Located in York County, PA
(1917-18):
This is, hands-down, the largest paper fan that I’ve ever encountered
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Paper Fans
Study for Hercules Entre Le Vice et la vertu
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
vertu’
Pencil on paper, fan shape
Inscribed with atelier stamp ‘E.D’ (lower right)
9.3/4 x 16.3/4in
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Flowers
Fan - Impressionist Oil, Still Life of Roses by Georges Jeannin
By Georges Jeannin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
. The work depicts a bouquet of pink, white and red roses with a paper fan placed in front of it
Category
1890s Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 19th Century Dr. Auzoux Paper Mache Model of Brain
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Peekskill, NY
paper fan like structures. It looks to be missing one section cover and a second piece on the opposite
Category
Mid-19th Century French Industrial Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Folding Fan, Circa 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
celebratory paper fan is printed with crossed American flags, surmounted by a glorious spreadwing American
Category
1870s Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
1857 Wall Map of the United States by Fanning, Bridgman
Ensign
By Thayer, Bridgman and Fanning
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, and Fanning in 1857. As the title suggests, the map covers all of the United States, as well Mexico
Category
1850s American Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
Antique English Silver Mounted Mother of Pearl Card Case, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
paper fanned compartments is revealed, lovely condition.
The front of the case is mounted with a
Category
1860s English Late Victorian Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hand Fan, Paper, Mother of Pearl, 18th-19th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand fan. Wallpaper, mother of pearl. 18th-19th centuries.
Folding fan with paper country
Category
19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Other
Very rare Korean antique fan made of bamboo and paper/like Ingo Maurer
s Uchiwa
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
tool that creates wind by fanning it by hand.
This is commonly done on hot days like summer by looking
Category
Early 20th Century South Korean Other Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
Giant Chinese Painted Fan
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful Chinese green background bird and flowers hand panted fan. A gorgeous object for the wall
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
18th Century French Painted Paper and Mother of Pearl Fan in Carved Gilt Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
This ornate, antique paper and mother of pearl hand fan was crafted in France, circa 1780. The
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Giltwood, Paper
19th Century Fan - Hand Painted
Located in Porto, PT
This exquisite 19th-century European fan features finely crafted mother-of-pearl sticks supporting
Category
19th Century Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
17th century Rare Samurai War fan
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A rare Samurai Gunsen war fan from the Mid-Edo period (17th-18th century), adorned with the
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Gold Leaf
Bald Eagle Patriotic Printed Paddle Fan, 1908
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
fan, attached to original wooden stick. Printed in color on a stiff paper board. The front has some
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
Napoleon III Pair of French Fans Chinoiserie
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Rare and precious pair of French fans in "papier mâché" and wooden handle; they were made between
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
$1,163 / set
Antique 19th Century Hand Painted Fan in Frame
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century Hand Painted Fan in Frame. Mother of Pearl.
Category
19th Century French Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Gold
Japanese Fan Painting Signed Shibata Zeshin, 19th Century
By Shibata Zeshin
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Japanese fan painting with a well painted naturalistic scene depicting cherry blossoms and late
Category
19th Century Japanese Other Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
U.S. Shield Patriotic Printed Paddle Fan, Circa 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a U.S. shield patriotic printed paddle fan from 1918. The blue chief is printed with
Category
1910s American Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Antique Brilliant Colors Twenty Woodblock Fan Prints Frameable
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese antique brilliant colors woodblock FAN prints, set of twenty (20), Meiji period, late 19th
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin by Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Set of 8 Antique 19th Century Japanese Hand Painted Fans
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a beautiful collection of antique fans mounted in fan-shaped frames. Each fan is lovely in
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
Statue of Liberty Patriotic Printed Paddle Fan, Early 20th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a Statue of Liberty patriotic printed paddle fan from the early 20th century. At
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
Self portrait from the series ‘L’Eventail’ (The Fan)
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
are all self portraits of Marie Laurencin. L’Eventail of course means ‘The Fan’ in French and the
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Etching
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Rimpa Painting of Fans on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Rimpa painting of fans on gold. A beautifully painted Edo period (early
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
Pair of 19th Century Hand Painted Floral Bouquet Fixed Fans
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th century hand painted floral bouquet fixed fans
Absolutely beautiful fans with hand
Category
Late 19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
Japanese 89 Antique Brilliant Color Woodblock Fan Prints Immediately Frameable
Located in South Burlington, VT
colors woodblock FAN prints and designs, ninety (89) full color woodblock prints, Meiji period
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Brilliant Colors Twenty Woodblock Fan Prints Frameable, #2
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese antique brilliant colors woodblock FAN prints, set of twenty (20), Meiji period., #2
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper 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., #4
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper 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, #3
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
Theodore Roosevelt "The American
s Creed" Printed Paddle Fan, Early 20th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a patriotic printed paddle fan, with an image of Theodore Roosevelt giving a speech in
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique French Framed Hand Painted Fan Gilded Box Frame, Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
silvered openwork floral decoration, the paper leaf fan is superbly hand-painted with a Classical scene of
Category
1750s French Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
Mid-19th Century Chinese Telescopic Fan of Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese telescopic fan of gilt decorated black lacquer stays with paper painted in gauche in the
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Enamel
Set of 4 Antique 19th Century Japanese Hand-Painted Fans in Shadowboxes.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 4 antique 19th century Japanese hand-painted fans in shadowboxes.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
1855 Pictorial Map of the United States, Pub by Ensign, Bridgman
Fanning
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, Bridgman & Fanning, this map was drawn and engraved by J.M. Atwood and covers the entire United States from
Category
1850s American Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper
19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Telescopic Canton Fan with Carved Bone Stays
Located in Southampton, NJ
A beautiful 1800s Canton fan having highly detailed carved bone stays with a hand painted scene on
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Brass
19thc Antique French Hand-Painted Double Sided Fan with Gilded Mother of Pearl
Located in Savannah, GA
mother-of-pearl guards and the seventeen sticks as well as the paper leaves of the fan. The rivet pin is
Category
1810s French Rococo Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Brass
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 Paper Fans
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
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 Paper Fans
Chinese Reverse Glass Scholars
Desk Still Life, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
paper fan. The scene is contrasted by a mirrored background and set within an updated silvery frame.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Glass
19th Century French Painted Paper and Mother of Pearl Fan
Located in Brea, CA
This ornate, antique paper and mother of pearl hand fan was crafted in France, circa 1850. Showing
Category
1850s French Arts and Crafts Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century French Painted Paper and Mother of Pearl Fan
Located in Brea, CA
This ornate, antique paper and mother of pearl hand fan was crafted in France, circa 1850. the one
Category
1850s French French Provincial Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Dancer with Fan - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
"Courtesan Entertaining" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Beautiful
Category
1850s Edo Antique Paper Fans
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
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Antique Paper Fans For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique paper fans available for sale. The range of distinct antique paper fans — often made from paper, wood and glass — can elevate any home. Antique paper fans have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique paper fans are generally popular furniture pieces, but Louis XV, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many antique paper fans are appealing in their simplicity, but Thayer, Bridgman, and Fanning and Tosa School produced popular antique paper fans that are worth a look.
How Much are Antique Paper Fans?
Prices for antique paper fans can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique paper fans begin at $125 and can go as high as $145,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,450.
Questions About Antique Paper Fans
- 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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