Telegram-herald., 1890-04-15
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having come In The beginning tron the
in nPsrisl family OF Russia The faa
collection Of Senor Francisco GuiG de
Galsalds. Of Barcelona shieA ~As sold
in Nsw York tkis week 80 Big prices
ana exhibited before - break geasIe
hearts contained many specimens h.}h
= woman might kiss or gladly eu. WI
kisses. but which all the passion ana
poetry In the world would hardly IN
duee her 70 throw away The greater
Runber Of Senior de GAlbAldas fans
dated from the nrst half Of the present
century and we're Of spanish or Italian
style. Most Of them had paper mounts
painted in water eolors. and the pierced
snd carved ivory sticks, enzmeled ana
glidsd, and the incIsed carvings reduced
every woman who looked on them 10
abiect admiration and despair. One
which Jenny June seemed unable TO
separate herself from had guards and
sticks of irridescent mother OF pearl
carved and frettsd away until IL looked
as cobwebby and as fragile as the mount
of old Flemish lace yellow with The
COG uetries Of q century.
Another beauty had sticks Of gold
lacquer, guard Of ebony, inlsid with IN
credible patience with patterns OF
mother OF pearl. and mount OF Spanish
lace. A Chinese fan was Of the most
curious and costly construction The
sticks were OF lacquered lam boo, tho
mount was painted In minute and in
trieate designs and the figures walking
in that breezy feld were all inlsid, the
heads in ivory, the dresses in many
colored silks. The beautiful Rau 81.
who took of her mask at the Feast of
Lanterns and futterod IL to and fro to
cool herself and hide her charms from
the idle gaze Of the public, could but
look with pleasure on such an evolu-
tlon OF the toy which Chinese legend
says WAS her invention.
The angry hutter, the timorous
futter, the confused fiutter and the
merry futter" could be expressed, on.
SO eloouen by the fans with sticks
OF green stained and red stained ivory
with mounts OF lace insertion, deco
rated with bullion. Other fans, with
souls and we'll calculated to express all
the varying sentiments that possess
the heart and mind OF q luxurious
modern maiden, had ivory sticks with
silver inlays and mounts OF duchesse
lace with flower paintings in water
colors. A French fan of the eighteenth
century showed pierced ivory sticks
with turquoise and jewel settings on
the guards. The mount was in water
colors on shagreen. Perhaps the most
striking OF all was fan with sticks Of
mottled shell, guard OF metal, covered
with plush and ornamented with gold
figures in relief and tiny opal jewelled
mirrors, and mount in watercolors.
There was a masterwork Of tortoise
she'll. incrusted with mother of pearl,
and the leaf painted with Jacobs
dream, making fan not unlike that Of
Ninon de lEnclos. now owned by the
Countess Of Chambord. There were
exquisite lace fans, and fans in the
Moorish style, and fans painted by tho
great pastel painters, and Directory
fans with carved fgure-work in relief,
and Natteau painsing on satin. and,
testifying to the Southern blood OF him
who owned it, fierce bull fight in
colors raging on the edge of fifteen
irch semi-circle, behind which one
could well imagine an olive skin, heavy
hair, half-hidden beneath the mantilla,
and dangerous dark eyes kindling into
sudden fire over the real combs in
the arena. Such toy at Delsarte
matinee strikes one with sense OF the
incongruous, but 10 such base uses n ust
come even Spanish fan.