Oliver Cornish
Sale Coordinator for Furniture, Sculpture, Rugs & Tapestries
Lot 101
A tortoiseshell and black Chantilly lace folding fan and a similar mother of pearl and black Chantilly lace folding fanFrench, third quarter 19th century
3 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£500 - £600
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Helena Gumley
Head of Sale Carpets and Tapestries
A tortoiseshell and black Chantilly lace folding fan and a similar mother of pearl and black Chantilly lace folding fan
French, third quarter 19th century
The first finely works leaf decorated with a panel of delicate flowers, foliage and scrolls centred by a bouquet below an further garland and set within foliate borders on a net ground applied to an ivory backing, the reverse lined black, the plain sticks with concealed ribs, the similar guard sticks with an applied carved interlaced scrolling mount, with D shaped swing handle, the second with an unusual finely worked leaf decorated with a Chinoiserie figural frieze centred by a Chinaman smoking a long pipe within an open gazebo, and flanked by two pairs of tall palm trees and a pair of elaborate pagoda temples and two similar further figures, all within scrolling borders on a fine hexagonal net ground applied to a ivory satin backing, the reverse lined pale pink, the plain sticks with concealed ribs and matching plain guard sticks, with paste set rivet, The first 31cm high, 54cm wide, the second 28cm high, 49cm wide (2)
The first finely works leaf decorated with a panel of delicate flowers, foliage and scrolls centred by a bouquet below an further garland and set within foliate borders on a net ground applied to an ivory backing, the reverse lined black, the plain sticks with concealed ribs, the similar guard sticks with an applied carved interlaced scrolling mount, with D shaped swing handle, the second with an unusual finely worked leaf decorated with a Chinoiserie figural frieze centred by a Chinaman smoking a long pipe within an open gazebo, and flanked by two pairs of tall palm trees and a pair of elaborate pagoda temples and two similar further figures, all within scrolling borders on a fine hexagonal net ground applied to a ivory satin backing, the reverse lined pale pink, the plain sticks with concealed ribs and matching plain guard sticks, with paste set rivet, The first 31cm high, 54cm wide, the second 28cm high, 49cm wide (2)
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Provenance
Property of a lady.