Vintage View for antique fans

Most fascinating and dating from the 1920s, were the great drifts of ostrich feathers set on mother of pearl handles. Fabulous with luxury and made for court debutantes and flappers dipping their smoky eyes in the shadows of a night club, Art Deco fans retain their racy, burlesque naughtiness.

Decades on, swirls of ancient dust would rise from the grubby plumage beating the air in the clumsy hands of some adult auction viewer.