The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
GREAT FAN COLLECTIONS. .
Women who Own Rare Specimens of
These FIuttering BaubIes.

Women who Own Rare Specimens of
These FIuttering BaubIes.
New York, Aug. 1.-THE finest collection
of fans in Europe belongs to the Baroness
James Rothschild. The next most famous
are those of ex-Queen Isabella of Spain
who has over 800 fans of all periods and
styles; and the Dowager Empress of Rus
STA, who is certainly adding to her treas
ures. Other noted collections are those Of
The Princess de Sagan. the Duchesse de
Novaillcs and the Due d'Aumale.
Mrs. Seward Webb, Mrs Sloane. Mrs.
Pinchot, Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan and DR..
J. D. Emmett can display respondent Yer
mis- Martin fans; fans with carved pear
sticks, inlaid with gold; fans with ivory
sticks inlaid with canoes and emeralds;
! fans with tortoise shell sticks damascened
| with silver mourning fans; wedding fans,
war fans and fans which belonged to illus
trious queens long since departed.
| In this country Mrs. Peter Marie pos
sesses the most valuable lot of these iiut-
tering trifes: Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilrs
| collection ranks second. She has some
| painted by Leloir and Nibert.
one of the costliest trihes in the world is
| Mrs. Howard Gould s fan-one of her en-
( gagement presents from her husband It's
| price IL Sdlu 10 De AltuVp, winch easily
places the fan in value at the head of the
| list of all fans, past present and future
| Its sticks are of perfectly matched ivory,
! and each one is worth place in the Metro
poltan Museum of Art; the mount is stud
ded with turquoise and diamonds. When
| folded it is not as long as your hand, and
only half as broad as your palm.
The handsomest feather fan on record
is that owned by the Countess of Lonsdale;
1t consists of five wide, white feathers,
the largest twenty inches; the amber han
die has her ladyships monogram in dia-
| monds The baUble cost $1,000.
| OF all her beautiful fans, the Empress
| Augusta Victoria values most the one
made of the feathers of a bird shot by her
royal spouse.
An ivory stick fan riveted with dia-
| monds, with a maltese lace mount and
much gold thread, is one of Queen Victo-
rias fans 1t won the prize at a fan ex-
hibition given in London, and a the close
of the show it was presented 10 her maj
| esty. 1t was made by a society with a
| formidable name-'The WorShipful Com
| pany of Fanmakers."
| Our first lady of the land Mrs. McKin-
ley, was presented with a costly fan which
formerly belonged to the wife of a Spanish
hidalgo; il was given to her by an Ameri-
can citizen who, TWO years ago, spent some
time In a Cuban prison. He selected the
wife of the President of the United states
to whom to make this valuable gift, be-
cause Of the debt of gratitude he felt he
owed for the efforts made for his re-
lease from prison.
fan has been named for the Empress
of Russia, the "Tzarina;' il is of pale
green silk, painted with Russian violets
with the mounts of violet wood
Cupids playing cats cradle is the charm
, ing painted decorate ton of one of The
[ Duchess of York's fans; the white rose OF
: York is in evidence upon many of this
lady's fans
. A court lady of Munich has a collection
I of fans painted with scenes from all Of
Wagners operas And this grand dame
a has a fan on which are the signatures o!
y all the diplomats who attended some IA
So nous congress held at Berlin. Countess
! Oriola has the most valuable autograph
e fan In the world; it has the autographs
e of all the royal family of Prince Won Bis
r marck and Count Moltke.
I A fan was painted to commorate the
= signing of the treaty of Utrecht. and IL
y of great historical interest. 1t belongs tC
2 a New York lady, Miss Furniss. 1t is
: inscribed "Por ell amor de la Pay"
e Another fan which possesses historical
n interest is that which now reposes in the
Castle of Monza, near Milan, Italy. This
precious toy dates from the first century
: and was the property of her majesty
e Queen Theodelinda. 1t is made of leather
gilt and bejeweled, and folds In two OF
i some sort of hinges. When open, 1t is
- rectangular, the leaves being square. The
[ god handle is nlaid with gems
e Madame Pompadour had wonderful
fan The lace mount cost $4,000, and
II it took some years to make the five sec
4 lions. each one containing a medallion
\ or miniature which are minute al
: to be almost invisible to the naked eye
n II is now in existence, broken and apart
but still shows traces of its great beauty
:, There is a grewsome tale that while
. | Charlotte Cordray, who was a devoted
. of the fan, stabbed Marat with one hand
y she used her fan with the other.
y In Mrs. Langtry's fan room. designed
o for her by Oscar Wilde, the greater
70 number of fans are Dutch.
The finest one of Christine Nisson'
collection of fans was given to her b!
- the Thakore Sahib of Morri and is mad
= Of gold, gems and feathers Another on
y, is covered with diamonds, rubies pearl
!, and emeralds. One presented to her b.
- the city of Venice is of silver fligree an
- point lace one Of the choice bits Of thi
- collection, which is valued at $4,000, /
the fan which Marie Antoinette had wit
u her in prison and which she carried to tn
r, scaffOid.
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