Fancy Victorian Gold Lace and Sequin Hand-sewn Evening Fan mid-century snapshot detailing houses

detailing houses

but it was so lovingly and labor-intensively made (taking three years

Sliding off the lid on one side reveals one board

approx 1/2 across at opening

25ʺ in diameter and 4ʺ tall

Fancy Victorian Gold Lace and Sequin Hand-sewn Evening Fan mid-century snapshot detailing housesQuite a fan! And what a lot of labor went into making it, with these hundreds of round and star and flower shaped sequins all sewn onto it by hand, gold lace sewn onto it along the top edge, and carved decoration on the sticks, again highlighted in gold. (I really feel like this fan should feature in an ice skating routine!) I found this and two other antique hand fans together, and might guess they were all once part of Miss Fanny Allen's collection,