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Lot Description: Three Mid-18th Century Ivory Fans , the first French, the monture quite simply decorated with a linear design to the upper guards and silvering on the gorge. The silk leaf features a lady in 18th century dress, tall hairstyle, watering her plants in the garden. From this central focus more flowers weave towards the sides of the fan, painted in pastels, their stems of gold thread, and additionally adorned with tiny coloured sequins. The verso is plain cream gauze. Contained in a period card fan tube in pink. Guard length approx. 10.75 inches or 27cm. Together with a similar French fan, the central cartouche showing a musical gathering, two side vignettes painted with rural landscapes, all bordered with tiny gold sequins. The reserves, painted with parrot tulips in red and orange, pink roses, cornflowers and carnations, also feature small flowers and leaves made from applied straw. Guard length approx. 10.75 inches or 27cm; and a third ivory fan, the monture decorated with a regular design of black dots, complementing the double paper leaf, divided into two sections but effectively en grisaille in shades of black through to grey. One scene shows an older lady in white bonnet taking a walk with a small boy, stopping to talk to a passer-by. To the right, a hunting scene, two men on horseback chasing a stag, with two dogs in pursuit. Simple grey flowers painted on the verso. Guard length approx. 10 and 5/8 inches or 27cm (3) Condition Report: . The deep pink leaf has faded to soft pink and cream. Most folds are split at some point and one is missing to the far right. The second fan has spits to most folds, sewn at the seams to retain the leaf, other folds having been supported from behind. Silvering to the monture is dull and worn away in places. The third fan has damage to both guards, hard to determine quite how much as they are covered in very yellowed clear tape. The upper section of the lower guard may well be completely missing. ARR: Categories: Fans