Fan Flirtations ♥

THE CODE

Carrying in right hand: You are too willing
Carrying in right hand in front of face: Follow me
Carrying in left hand: Desirous of an acquaintance
Closing it: I wish to speak with you
Drawing across the forehead: We are watched
Drawing across the cheek: I love you
Drawing across the eyes: I am sorry
Drawing through the hand: I hate you
Dropping: We will be friends
Fanning fast: I am engaged
Fanning slow: I am married
Letting it rest on the right cheek: Yes
Letting it rest on the left cheek: No
Open and shut: You are cruel
Open wide: Wait for me
Shut: I have changed
Placing it on the right ear: You have changed
Twirling in left hand: I love another
With handle to lips: Kiss me

(Source: Squidoo)

1920's swan feather & mother of pearl

antique chantilly

antique Chinese peacock feather

Cindy Chao Majestic Beauty fan-2399 diamonds

fan featuring a portrait of Marie Antoinette  c.1910

fan with charms c. 1899

Vanity mirror fan, made of silk, c.1855

vintage pink goose feather with feather fleurs

tortoise shell fan engraved with gold foil  c.1880

Tiffany & Co. ostrich fan

gold and pearl

Late 19th century fan by Edmund Soper Hunt Fan Factory

Louis Vuitton chinoiserie fan 

ostrich plume fans

peeping fan 1770

rose fan  (courtesy Oshkosh Public Museum)

scarlet ostrich fan, 1920s

Tiffany & Co.

So let's flirt!  Lily ♥

The Allure of the Pearl

Pearls. I like to call myself The Perfumed Pearl.  Most people think of pearls as demure and conservative...but that's not the way I think of pearls.  I think of Cleopatra and her seduction of Marc Antony when she swallowed a pearl.  I think of ropes of pearls. I think of one single pearl and its opulence.

Earrings by JAR

1933 evening bag

1940's bangle

Late Victorian swan brooch

Art Deco diamond & pearl onyx brooch

CARON pearl perfume vial

I'd like to be choked by these Mikimoto pearls

De Grisogono

elegant restraint

Marie Antoinette's pearls

pearl & diamond necessaire

A pearl gag!

Pearl massage ring by Betony Vernon

a pearl noose

Slane & Slane provocative pearls

Tiffany & Co. Great Gatsby pearls

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And let us not forget PINK pearls

rare Louis Rousselet rose pate de verre and pearl bracelet, 1930s

And now I'm off to swallow a glass of pearl..... Lily ♥

My Dressing Table

Starting a blog is difficult for me because I tend to speak in ♥♥♥s and images rather than using written words....but I am going to give it a whirl and see what happens.  I'm starting with my dressing table.  My place of vanity.  My fancy treasures.  It seems most appropriate.  I'll never have enough of this in my boudoir...after all, it's what makes a boudoir sparkle, isn't it?  

This is a close up image of one of the fans on my dressing table. It is vintage silk with rose embroidery.

All images taken by ME.

There will be a Dressing Table Part 2 to come.

Dainty & Fancy!  Lily ♥