Colorfully Striped Hand-painted Paper Hand Fan with Gilded Edge, Presumed Earlier 19th Century coil built Along the bottom edge is

Along the bottom edge is a signature

maybe just a dozen or so boards completed on both sides

This stunning--positively luminous

and guarantee that it authentic--as is evident by looking at it

threaded at the middle and just large enough to hold a pill or two--an emergency Xanax

Colorfully Striped Hand-painted Paper Hand Fan with Gilded Edge, Presumed Earlier 19th Century coil built Along the bottom edge isI believe this is an early one (c. 1830s would be my guess), which immediately reminded of my favorite folding fan ever, hand dyed with stripes just like this, but that one stenciled with the letters of the alphabet. No alphabet here, but the colors are beautiful, and with gold along the edge. Closed 9 5 8" x 13 16" x 7 8". Opens to 16 3 4" measured corner to corner. Some creasing across the center, best understood via photos of the reverse they