Riddle-me-ree hand fan
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The hand fan was an essential accessory for the refined woman of 18th-century France, and continues to be as elegant as it is effective.
This fan is made from sustainably sourced bamboo and features a print adapted from an engraved fan mount from the late 18th century held in the V&A collection.
The print includes whimsical illustrations of ephemera paired with short verses and playful variations on children’s rhymes. Its title, Riddle-me-ree, was an early 18th-century phrase used to describe nonsense or fanciful riddles — a twist on the then more familiar sayings “riddle me a riddle” or “riddle my riddle.”
Riddle-me-ree fan
England, 1792
V&A: E.3189-1938
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Dimensions
Closed length 23cm (9in)
Composition
Sustainably sourced bamboo, paper
Colour
Green
Neutral
Pink
Product code
170660
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