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Kowalska, Joanna: Dziewiętnastowieczne wachlarze kominkowe, czyli jak osłonić lico przed żarem kominka
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19TH CENTURY FIREPEACE FANS,
THAT IS HOW TO PROTECT THE FACE
FROM THE HE AT OF THE FIREPEACE
S ummary
The fashions of the last third of the nineteenth century are characterised
by great variety in types of fans. A popular type of fan carried with evening
dresses was the “handscreen”. This name, almost forgotten today, madę refer-
ence to the function these accessories fulfilled: they screened the lady’s cheeks
from the glow of the open fire. They took the form of rigid screens attached to
a single handle. From the 1870s onwards, they were distinguished chiefly by their
decoration, which had its origins in Brazil. Most were covered with feathers from
yarious breeds of birds, and additionally adomed with flowers or tiny stuffed birds.
Fans such as these were among those on display at the World Exhibition in
Vienna in 1873-4.
A Brazilian fireside fan has been preserved in the collections of the Tex-
tile Department of the National Museum in Cracow. It is in the shape of an in-
verted droplet fixed to an ivory handle, and is covered with white feathers on
both sides, with additional decoration in the form of smali feathers arranged to
resemble marguerites. Owing to the fragility of the decoration very few such fans
have survived to the present.
Descriptions of fireside fans can be found in ladies’ magazines of the last
three decades of the nineteenth century. The diversity of different types of mo-
dels and their extraordinary sumptuousness is astounding. Fans like this remained
popular until the early twentieth century.
In the last third of the nineteenth century a particular type of fan became
popular - the handscreen fan, which consisted of a rigid screen attached to
a handle. Their rich decoration of feathers and other omaments had its origins in
Brazil. This type of fan served to shield the lady’s cheeks from the glow of the
open fire. A rare Brazilian fireside fan has been preserved in the collections of
the Textile Department of the National Museum in Cracow. It is covered with
white feathers and has additional decoration in the form of smali feathers arranged
to resemble marguerites.
J.T.-K.
105
19TH CENTURY FIREPEACE FANS,
THAT IS HOW TO PROTECT THE FACE
FROM THE HE AT OF THE FIREPEACE
S ummary
The fashions of the last third of the nineteenth century are characterised
by great variety in types of fans. A popular type of fan carried with evening
dresses was the “handscreen”. This name, almost forgotten today, madę refer-
ence to the function these accessories fulfilled: they screened the lady’s cheeks
from the glow of the open fire. They took the form of rigid screens attached to
a single handle. From the 1870s onwards, they were distinguished chiefly by their
decoration, which had its origins in Brazil. Most were covered with feathers from
yarious breeds of birds, and additionally adomed with flowers or tiny stuffed birds.
Fans such as these were among those on display at the World Exhibition in
Vienna in 1873-4.
A Brazilian fireside fan has been preserved in the collections of the Tex-
tile Department of the National Museum in Cracow. It is in the shape of an in-
verted droplet fixed to an ivory handle, and is covered with white feathers on
both sides, with additional decoration in the form of smali feathers arranged to
resemble marguerites. Owing to the fragility of the decoration very few such fans
have survived to the present.
Descriptions of fireside fans can be found in ladies’ magazines of the last
three decades of the nineteenth century. The diversity of different types of mo-
dels and their extraordinary sumptuousness is astounding. Fans like this remained
popular until the early twentieth century.
In the last third of the nineteenth century a particular type of fan became
popular - the handscreen fan, which consisted of a rigid screen attached to
a handle. Their rich decoration of feathers and other omaments had its origins in
Brazil. This type of fan served to shield the lady’s cheeks from the glow of the
open fire. A rare Brazilian fireside fan has been preserved in the collections of
the Textile Department of the National Museum in Cracow. It is covered with
white feathers and has additional decoration in the form of smali feathers arranged
to resemble marguerites.
J.T.-K.