tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post7435571117132397150..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: The Return of the Fashionable Fan?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-30262749063384902942010-09-18T11:15:36.980-04:002010-09-18T11:15:36.980-04:00And many thanks to Monica for the kind words for &...And many thanks to Monica for the kind words for "The King's Favorite." Glad to hear you're enjoying Nelly Gwyn's story! :)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-84892046759210177262010-09-18T11:14:46.792-04:002010-09-18T11:14:46.792-04:00Good to see so many fans of fans! *g*
Since Blogg...Good to see so many fans of fans! *g*<br /><br />Since Blogger ate the links that Michael provided, here they are as tiny urls. They're gorgeous.<br /><br />The fan by Pissaro: http://tinyurl.com/2842mj5<br /><br />The fan by Degas: http://tinyurl.com/26svtm8<br /><br />Also, here's the link from Meghan of the Pabst heiress's fan:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/2bb8bc7<br /><br />Here, too, is a link to Sargent's "Madame X" that Pauline mentioned: http://tinyurl.com/2628kny<br /><br />She appears to be holding a black fan, but since it's shut, it's impossible to tell the maker. But since Madame Gautreu did have expensive tastes, I wouldn't be surprised if the fan's a Duvelleroy. <br /><br />And, last of all, here's the painting by de La Gandara that Chris mentioned - that could well be another Duvelleroy fan.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/25xu7rnIsabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-51247466148936928412010-09-17T20:31:37.214-04:002010-09-17T20:31:37.214-04:00Is Madame X in the Singer-Sargent painting actuall...Is Madame X in the Singer-Sargent painting actually holding a fan? I thought it was just folds of her velvet dress. There is a portrait by Antonio de la Gandara of the same lady in an ivory satin dress holding a feather fan. Perhaps that is the Duvelleroy fan your Aunt meant?Chris Woodyardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-52972692752717015312010-09-17T14:30:26.244-04:002010-09-17T14:30:26.244-04:00The French Creole ladies of old New Orleans were n...The French Creole ladies of old New Orleans were nuts for Duvelleroy fans. Just snapping one open at the theatre could turn friends green. <br /><br />My Aunt used to go on about her "Tante's" Duvelleroy fan being sold "like livestock" when funds were low during the depression. She also swore up and down that the fan in the hand of the Creole beauty in that scandalous Sargent painting now known as "Madame X" was a Duvelleroy.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-70960358409647159472010-09-17T13:53:36.053-04:002010-09-17T13:53:36.053-04:00I adore fans. I can remember that when I was a chi...I adore fans. I can remember that when I was a child, my friends and I would paint pieces of paper and then fold them into fans and pretend we were great ladies or princesses or whatever we were being at the moment. <br /><br />It would be lovely if they came back into fashion, especially if they were followed by enormous hats dripping with feathers and bows.Jane Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-52523132657318210212010-09-17T12:20:23.796-04:002010-09-17T12:20:23.796-04:00Gorgeous works of art!
I have carried fans as an...Gorgeous works of art! <br /><br />I have carried fans as an accessory since college. I would think that movie stars, WAGs, and other celebs edging into the hot flash years would make designer fans as luxe a commodity as handbags and shoes.Chris Woodyardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-63683046290830796932010-09-17T10:17:17.377-04:002010-09-17T10:17:17.377-04:00Look how gorgeous they are. I want one:)
http://ww...Look how gorgeous they are. I want one:)<br />http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=39898Katyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-84305374746925301382010-09-17T10:15:22.634-04:002010-09-17T10:15:22.634-04:00I love fans, and have even since I was a girl. I ...I love fans, and have even since I was a girl. I teach a Scottish Country Dance class, which is rather aerobic (more than its English cousin), but also quite genteel. At our yearly ball (and many of the smaller dos throughout the season) many of the ladies, myself included, carry fans. Not only is the coolness a welcome relief, they really do look stylish. I'm thrilled to see them coming back!Diane Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747934765004704310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-30311985872620382802010-09-17T10:02:58.707-04:002010-09-17T10:02:58.707-04:00I adore fans! There is a beautiful Du'velleroy...I adore fans! There is a beautiful Du'velleroy fan in our local history museum that belonged to a local lady who was a Pabst Beer heiress. She bought the fan on her honeymoon to Paris. So not just queens wanted these fans, but American ladies, too! Here is the link to it.<br /><br />http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/exhibits/coolbreezes/treasures.aspMeghan McKaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-26293343769644532842010-09-17T09:33:54.272-04:002010-09-17T09:33:54.272-04:00I LOVE fans almost as much as I do my swords! LOL ...I LOVE fans almost as much as I do my swords! LOL I have two that I display. One is made of peacock feathers. It's a soft, lush feel to it, fashioned in the style that was used in the late 1800s / Edwardian era. The other is a lace fan that is probably more similar to those used in mid-1800s.<br /><br />BTW, Susan. I'm reading The King's Favorite and I'm thoroughly enjoying the read!Monica Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801472688555176112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-1829673397816514452010-09-17T00:50:48.417-04:002010-09-17T00:50:48.417-04:00The French impressionist's made fans also:
[T...The French impressionist's made fans also:<br /><br />[Text below from the Met wall labels]<br />"Degas envisaged a room devoted to fan paintings in the 1879 Impressionist exhibition and hence encouraged Pissarro and other colleagues to execute painted fans. This work is contemporary with the dozen examples Pissarro showed in that exhibition and is characteristic in subject and style. After these first efforts, Pissarro continued to make fan paintings until the late 1890s. "<br /><br />Reproducing an example of one by Pissarro:<br />http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/european_paintings/fan_mount_the_cabbage_gatherers_camille_pissarro/objectview.aspx?collID=11&OID=110001763<br /><br />and Degas:<br />"In 1879, when Degas painted this fan, he was organizing a room at the Salon des Indépendants devoted to the painted fans of Félix and Marie Braquemond, Forain, Morisot, Pissarro, and himself. Cassatt, who owned this fan, considered it "the most beautiful one that Degas painted." She sold it to Louisine Havemeyer in 1919."<br />http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/european_paintings/fan_mount_ballet_girls_edgar_degas/objectview.aspx?collID=11&OID=110000581Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18385689703075431439noreply@blogger.com