This was a splurge from a few years ago. The fan is circa 1770, French. It's painted silk with ivory sticks, leaf, spangles, and embroidery.
(This one from 1775 has sticks like mine...
http://www.lecurieux.com/eca/eca0133.htm)
The fan also came with a really nice frame, which it's in now - I took the pics before putting it safely under glass!
Actually here is a picture of it in the frame:
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