Thursday, September 10, 2015

Pansies

Pansies Fan
Ronot-Tutin, Paris
1890s
Victoria & Albert Museum

Painted Fan in Ballets russes Style
Georges Barbier, Paris
1911
Victora & Albert Museum

I have been lost among the fans at the Victoria & Albert Museum. This is a very small sample of what I have seen there.

Pigeon Fan
England
c. 1910
Victoria & Albert Museum

Painted Silk Fan with chinoiserie
England
1730s
Victoria & Albert Museum

Fan with Pleated Fabric matching Gown
England
1880s
Victoria & Albert Museum

Evening Fan Painted with Moonlit Lovers
England
1880s
Victoria & Albert Museum

Painted Fan Mourning the Death of the Prince of Wales
England
1751
Victoria & Albert Museum

Fan with the Family of George III painted by Antonio Poggi
England
1780s
Victoria & Albert Museum

Jacobite Painted Fan
Scotland
between .1715 and 1730
Victoria & Albert Museum

Jacobite Painted Fan
Scotland
c. 1745
Victoria & Albert Museum

Fan painted with Ariadne & Bacchus after Guido Reni  
mounted to wooden support
Italy
1690s
Victoria & Albert Museum

Fan painted with Aurora & the Chariot of the Sun after Guido Reni
Italy
c. 1740
Victoria & Albert Museum

Brisé Fan of Straw-work
Florence
1620s
Victoria & Albert Museum

Fan painted with St Peter's Square
Rome
1770s
Victoria & Albert Museum