Mary Cooper pictured at a preview of a specialist fan auction at Tennants where she is the fan consultant.
Photo: Tennants
Among the stock of fans which Cooper will bring to the Textile Society’s annual antique and vintage textiles fair in Manchester on April 14 is this 19th century example by the Parisian fan-maker Félix Alexandre. Made for the Infanta Maria de la Paz, which is marked on the verso, it will cost £3500.