Name/Title
Cockade Hand FanEntry/Object ID
2023.1.499Description
Victorian era maroon color cockade hand fan, with wood handles. This particular fan is a Mourning Fan - dark red with brown handles. Dark red or maroon was an accepted color for second mourning -- the color represented the Blood of Christ. Probably the 1860's - 1880'sContext
Nineteenth century hand fans were fashioned in three styles — the pleated, the brise, and the cockade.
A cockade fan was a compact circular folding fan and occupied very little space. It had two handles or end sticks known as guards, and opened up to 360 degrees around a central pivot, thus forming a cockade. This style of fan was popular throughout the entire 19th Century, becoming popular during the late 18th Century.Made/Created
Date made
circa 1860 - circa 1880
