Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-05
BEAU rIFUL 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 stick tapered
toward the point, and became paler in
coioring. The inlaying was foral-Mar-
! guerltes, datfodlls and roses-and the de-
sign was repeated in the lace, where the
rose petals were detached and huttered
with every movement of the tan. 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 support.
| ed 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 punches of
roses, flags, passion flowers, lilies and hun
| dreds of other flowers, all so true to ma.
| ture IN form and coloring that you feel you
could pluck them. These have the lace
bordering. Another favorite painted fan
is in sepia, with charming Watteau.li like
scenes on cream, and equally beautiful are
the black fans OF gray and white, with
| figure subjects. Many of these black fans
have an applique of lace laid on all round.
| Large fans, oval at the top, with the side
| ends shorter than those In the center, COM
! posed entirely OF smooth, shiny feathers,
| generally shaded, such as red and green,
are new. They have mostly q oliver ring
| slipped over them. Their great beauty is
in the shading, especially in the gray tones.
! They are also to be had in plain colors, and
| they as often as not have a butterfly in
| green feathers settling on them. They are
composed entirely OF small pigeon feathers,
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 msrabout, shaded and
in plain colors, not collapsible, are costly
and most fashionable. There is a cheaper
ian of the same class made of feathers,
with claw handle, and beetle or but
| teIty in metal resting on it.
Circular fans covered with lace or with
| flowers, real or imitation, are among the
latest introducJions, and really good addi-
| tions to dress.
There is grotesque element too, in fans
Very fashionable are large black satin fans,
lined with old gold or some other color,
with 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 colored sticks, like cherry
wood, have designs of Kate Greenaway
| figures in black outline and very large
number of huge lowered cretone fans are
| selling indeed, 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 tiligree, or
Oriental, or what not. There is constant
demand for these, especially for very rare
Venetian dagger-fan, which is only port
able as q fan, for it is veritabiesstiletto
| incased in ivory, after the fashion OF fan,
and doubtless Of Oriental origin, for the
| Chinese have a dangerous daggsr-tan, so
disguised that no one would guess its use.
| This nation has one also, like bludgeon-
of solid steel, handsomely ornamented, the
blade resembling a Malay kris. With the
Chinese, a fan would seem to be neces.
sary part of dress, therefore in Chinese
fans there is a great choice. They have
| different ones in summer and winter, the
commonest coolie carries one, and tie pass
ing news of the day is depicted on them.
L London Queen.