Handheld History: A Virtual Exhibition of Fashion Fans from Across the Globe

Fan, Hand
2019.11.24
Bris� fan; large feather bris� fan with orange feathers mounted on blades and topped with peacock eyes. Feather leaf connected with two rows of white thread strung through the quills on reverse. The obverse has a hand-painted scene of two brown and... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.11.19
Cockade fan; circular, double-sided, pleated paper leaf with scalloped edges like flower petals attached to two green, wooden stick handles. Front of leaf has cream background bordered in green with a print of red carnations, green foliage and a bro... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.3.4
Brise fan; palmette or Jenny Lind-style brise advertising fan for Au Bon Marche, a French department store, featuring 9 printed images of women participating in outdoor sporting activities. The top of each white, wooden stick is sandwiched between a... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.11.16
Folding fan; Japanese export advertising fan for Singer Sewing Machines with semi-translucent rice paper leaf, "SINGER" hand-painted in dark blue and white in the upper center with three sprays of white, red and pink flowers and leaves underneath. L... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2000.130.89
Folding fan; 10 white painted wooden sticks with painted paper leaf. Sticks are only painted on the top and bottom, and are left unpainted at the edges. Guards are plain. Leaf is a balloon shape with four art deco roses hand painted on the left side... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.11.18
Fixed fan; small, fixed fan that doubles as a bridge tally card with a balloon-shaped paper leaf and green, wooden handle. Front of leaf features a colorful and whimsical Art Nouveau-style print on a black ground of a woman with short, red hair wea... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.12.7.1
Folding fan; souvenir fan with sheer, white silk(?) leaf hand-painted with pink, white, black and green cherry blossoms on brown and black branches. Top edge of leaf bordered with gold metallic paper that wraps to back of leaf. Leaf adhered to 23 ba... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.12.4
Brise fan; plastic brise souvenir fan with 9 identical off-white pierced blades topped with circular photographic stickers of locations and activities in New Brunswick adhered to the top of each blade. From left to right stickers depict lobster capt... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.12.3.1
Cockade fan; "Foldaway Fan," double-sided black paper circular leaf with pink printed peonies and green foliage with narrow blue and white border around edge of leaf. Ends of leaf are adhered to upper portions of gold tone metal handle which are hin... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.1.2
Fixed fan; fixed advertising fan with bamboo handle and sticks and double-sided paper leaf depicting image of a Japanese geisha. Front of bamboo handle is painted with dark brown swirling designs. Bottom frame of fan made of single, curved piece of... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
2019.3.1
Folding fan; black Spanish fan with bullfighting decal and handpainted flowers on sandalwood sticks and guards and starched linen leaf. 28 sticks and 2 guards are painted black with the exception of the gorge. Slightly offset to the right, a large d... View Full Record