The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-07
Beautiful Fans.

Among the many beautiful presents
given by the Duke of Albany to his bride
was lace fan with sticks of gold, fish
pearl inlaid with gold. These sticks ia
pered toward the point, and became paler
in coloring. The inlaying was floral
Marguerites, daffodils and roses--and the
design was repeated in the lace, where
the rose petals were detached and fut-
tered with every movement of the fan.
This is an illustration of the exceeding
beauty of some of the most costly class
of fans, which are of enormous size.
Most of those not made of lace have lace
borders supported by the sticks which
constitute part and parcel of the fan
itself coming to the very edge of the
lace.
The artistic feeling of the day is shown
in the exquisite beauty of the painted
fans. White and black satin fans, large
in size, display the most admirable bunch
es of roses, flags, passion flowers, lilies
and hundreds Of other flowers, all so true
to nature in form and coloring that you
feel you could pluck them. These have
the lace bordering. Another favorite
painted fan is in sepia, with the charm
ing Watteaulike scenes on cream, and
equally beautiful are the black fans of
gray and white, wi h figure subjects.
Many of these black fans have an appli-
que of lace laid on oil round. Large
fans, oval at the top, with the side ends
shorter than those in the center,
composed entirely of smooth shiny
feathers, generally shaded, such
as red and green, are new. They have
mostly silver ring slipped over them.
Their great beauty is in the shading,
especially in the gray tones. They also
are to be had in plain colors, and they as
often as not have butterfly in green
feathers settling on them. They are
composed entirely of small pigeon feath-
ers, and the sticks Of many of them are
inlaid with gold. Another class of the
same sort of fan is made with tips of
contrasting color. and some are spaced,
such as brown, gray and gold, green,
gray and black.
Another novelty is that in the center
of many of these feather ribs oblong
pieces Of ivory are let in. But with all
these fans, the same half crescent shape
is preserved -short at the sides, long in
the center.
Circular fans of marahout, shaded and
in plain colors, not collapsible, are costly
and most fashionable. There is cheaper
fan of the same class made of feathers,
with claw handle, and q beetle or q
butterfly in metal resting on it.
with flowers, real or imitation, are among
the latest iutroductions, and really good
additions to the dress.
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fans. Very fashionable are large black
satin fans, lined with old gold or some
other color, with q huge monkey or a
parrot painted on it, the coloring carried
down on the stick. Some cotton fans at
low prices, in brown shades, with col
ored sticks, like cherry wood, have de-
signs OF Kate Greenaway figures in black
outline; and very large number OF huge
lowered cretonne fans are aelling; in
deed, during the season they will be
made to match the cotton dresses.
Much of the old point lace shaped for
fans is now being remounted, and even
among those handed down as old the
sticks and the lace are Of very different
periods. The sticks of Louis XIV.
period are the most valuable. No
one can do wrong in wearing
an antique fan Of almost
any period, whether it be of ancient sill
yer flligree, or Oriental, or what not.
There is constant demand for these, es-
pecially for a very rare Venetian dagger
fan. which is only portable as fan. for
it is q veritable stiletto incased in ivory,
after the fashion of fan, and doubtless
of Oriental origin. for the Chinese have
dangerous dagger fan 80 disguised that
no one would guess its use. This nation
has one also like q bludgeon-of solid
steel, handsomely ornamented. The
blade resembles Q Malay kris. With .he
Chinese, fan would seem to be neces-
sary part OF dress, therefore in Chinese
fans there is great choice. They have
different ones in summer and winter, the
commonest coolie carries one, and the
passing news Of the day is depicted on
them.--[ London Queen.
NINE TAILoRs MAKE MAN.-The
phrase, at takes nine tAilors to make .
man" originated many centuries ago. It
was known before the time Of Queen