The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-09-01
! enAp1En ON FANS.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning
Thcm--SOme Very Expensive Ones.

Them-SOme Very Expensive Ones
The fan has become most interesting
subject to the fashionable lady of the present
day, and may have mania for collecting
these charming toilet accessories, and often
the collections are very valuable. Iremem.
Der society lady in 1885 who owned al
least SO, 900 worth of fans. Some of the
choicest ones mad been painted to order in
Rome, and cost her 5000 to $500 each.
Besides these there were real point lace fans,
others in black Chantilly, and beautiful
one in Chinese carved ivory that was worth
at least $3.50, and others that were curious
beautiful and valuable.
Dress fans are among the most expensive
of miner details of lady's toilet, and cost
from IS to $40, while it is not unusual to
have them range from $50 to $500, which
is the price asked for very elegant fan of
gram Of chip diamonds. Fans covered with
lace, or the new cause fans, are the first
choice for dressy purposes, and the sticks
may be of ivory, pearl, carved or plain, as
please the fancy. Water sketches are worth
from $65 to $50 for the painting alone.
There are many ladies who do very credit
able painting, and buy plain gauze or
satin fan and decorate it charmingly there
by having very rich looking fan at COM
paratively small cost. The painted fans
are among the handsomest now in USE
Pearl and point lace are the most elegant
and costly. One lovely specimen of satin
painted has a cover of rich lace yelling the
satin, and the effect is exquisite.
Feather fans are popular, and feather
trimming on fans is very fashionable
Ostrich feather fans are made of tips ten oil
Twelve inches long, set SO as to leave no
part Of the quilts visible. Where the quilts
meet they are ornament with aigrettes or
humming birds, and a bow of ribbon is tied
around the handle, which serves for orna-
ment and girdle to be attached to the belt
The fans are nearly round, or they are
square, and special handles for fans are
imported in quantity, and Indies can buy
materials and make fans to please their own
fancy.
Gauze fans are shown in oil colors, and
can be had to match costumes or in con-
trast. Some have handles of scented wood
or sticks that are seen through the gauze,
and are decorated with an edging of lace,
or else they have plain edges with Vatican
landscapes, birds, bees and flowers, or some
Japanese design. The Pekin fans of mot
tied gilt paper ON very slender rseds of red
or yellow, or gold papers, with sticks of
cinnabar lacquer, smooth and lustrous and
ornamented with silken cords laced up or
each side, are favored for general use, The
Chinese straw fans in large heart and clover
leaf shapes in all the bright colors are as
strong and light as if made of palm leaves
Fans with handsome sticks are made of
natural flowers. They are costly and per
ishable trifes.
Natural wood sticks are in every imag-
Unable sort, and are very popular. These
highly polished sticks are very effective
mounted with gauze, lace or satin. Russia
and hand painted in floral designs. Nearly
all the fine fans ARE in the old fashioned
shape with sticks of even len 9Th, sticks of
irregular length only successful in Japanese
fans special novelty in Japanese fold
ing fans is in painted Grape. They are
mounted in gold or silver figures, or bright
colored designs which are very effective on
q crinkley Grape. Some Of the large japanese
decorative fans are ON brilliant red paper,
with gold figures, and others with blue
paper and silver figures.
Plain satin fans in all colors and at all
prices are in the market and sometimes the
guards are finished in black and gold or
gold with any color to match the satin of
the fan. These can be had from 81 up to
S6, and olive wood sticks with satin
nountings cost all the way from $3.50 to
30. Embroidered fans are much liked,
the gross silk embroidery ON satin or gauze
being very popular. Plain white satin
fans Of exquisite material run up as high as
$25.
Black fans are appropriate with almost
my costume for any time or place, being
inconspicuous and very ladylike. The
prettiest ones have guard sticks of carved
ebony or some other fine black wood, satin
faces and silk backs, and are usually bound
with fine silk ribbon.