Fans of the 1880s are distinguished by their very large size, being usually between fourteen and sixteen inches in length. The sticks are slim and light. The large gauze or satin leaves were painted with naturalistic sprays of flowers or birds and sometimes with figures.

The earliest electric fans appeared in the early 1880’s. The fan was basically a blade attached to an electric motor. The development of the fields of Electrical Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering paralleled each other in the industry of electric fans.

2019年10月11日 · The 1880s featured two distinct silhouettes in women’s fashions. The first was marked by the “princess line” and had begun earlier, around 1876. It was a dress without a horizontal waist seam, instead molded snuggly to the body by vertical seams and tucks, creating a body-hugging silhouette (Fig. 1) (Fukai 214).

Shop for-and learn about-Antique and Vintage Fans. As electricity spread across North America in the 1880s, a time before air conditioning, consumers...

The museum houses some 2000 antique fans some dating to the early 1880’s. Tom’s own unique collection of fans, are now part of the museum collection as hundreds of antique advertising style hand fans and other memorabilia.

During the 1870s and 1880s, fans were not merely functional accessories, but also symbols of social status, tools of communication, and works of art with their intricate designs, fabrics, and fashionable elements. Fans were practical tools for temperature regulation, but also sophisticated fashion statements.

Brisé fan made of genuine tortoise shell, ca. 1880. Origin: France or Germany. Hand-sawn sticks from the shell of a turtle. In very good condition. A few micro-missings in this unique fan are normal. They are not of any weight. Very rare to find. Guard Length: ~ 15 cm Width: ~ …

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2019年3月26日 · The fan leaf may be of silk, cotton, satin, lace, decoupe or feathers. An unusual Brussels lace fan mounted on pierced and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks and lace, circa 1880s, sold for $2,914 in March 2019 at Tennants. Photo courtesy Tennants

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