Comments on: At The Fan Museum https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 21 May 2024 12:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574958 Tue, 21 May 2024 12:06:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574958 I would love to visit this museum. I have hand painted fans from Barcelona and ones by the ladies who hand make lace in Gozo.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574657 Mon, 20 May 2024 12:57:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574657 An astounding collection. I especially love the Walter Sickert one. Thank heavens for the tenacity of Mrs Alexander.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574636 Mon, 20 May 2024 11:55:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574636 So beautiful. I love the motifs — both the expected and the unexpected. (Who would think that turkeys could look this lovely, holding their own in the midst of graceful cranes and preening peacocks?) A totally impressive array. I once saw a fan with flirtaceous eye-openings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute — part of a French fashion exhibit — and the beauty and cleverness of the accessory has stayed with me. I can easily imagine m’lady casting hidden gazes about the ballroom, deciding which swain to honor with her favors.

Thank you for this History of Costume bonanza! Small museums are glorious — and this one
looks spectacular.

]]> By: Saba https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574633 Mon, 20 May 2024 11:43:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574633 A beautiful display of painting, carving, and metalwork with fascinating cultural context on many levels. The peek-a-boo mask fan made me laugh. I am particularly struck by the alluring images of women for the use of women constrained by absolutist rules of proper behavior.

]]> By: Christine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574620 Mon, 20 May 2024 10:50:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574620 Beautiful collection and in my bucket list! I loved how there were secret messages to be sent to gentlemen depending how the lady held her fan! x

]]> By: Margaret Ker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574606 Mon, 20 May 2024 10:14:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574606 Husband’s 6th gt grandfather was a London fan painter.
Sadly he died in the Chelsea Workhouse in 1796 having lost his sight because of his work.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574605 Mon, 20 May 2024 10:11:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574605 The fan is one of those few everyday objects whose artistic design is as valuable as its potential uses. In hot summers, it has become indispensable to me as a source of fresh air. Some of my friends wished they had one at that moment!

I didn’t realise there was a fan museum until now. I visited it this morning — on the website, founder Helene Alexander gives a marvellous report on collecting. Thanks for the story!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574601 Mon, 20 May 2024 09:56:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574601 These are incredibly beautiful objects. I think we have lost something from society that we don’t carry and use such wonderful works of art. I’m on a stuffy train and the best I can manage is a copy of the Metro.

I must pay a visit to the fan museum. Thank you dear GA for drawing this to my attention.

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574575 Mon, 20 May 2024 08:12:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574575 A magnificent collection.

]]> By: John Linquist https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/20/at-the-fan-museum-i/#comment-1574563 Mon, 20 May 2024 07:22:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199738#comment-1574563 Wonderful little works of art.

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