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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1194382, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome Paul. It is a charming fan. It is a gauze, lace and sequin fontange fan ca 1910.</p><p>Fontange was originally the name of a ca 1700 lace headdress with a high centre part. Your fan has a similar shape, hence the name.</p><p><br /></p><p>The frame is wood. It could have been imported from Asia, and the leaf (the fabric) was handmade in Europe, probably France. The two would have been assembled in the country where the leaf was made.</p><p>It is not an advertising fan made specifically for the store. The fan was made by a professional fan maker, imported, and sold in its present box. Just like hats were made by hat makers and packed in boxes of the store they were sold by. The store would have had stacks of fan boxes. It is good to keep the two together though, it is part of its history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Queen Mary with a fontange headdress:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Fontange_Kneller_-_cropped.jpg/170px-Fontange_Kneller_-_cropped.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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