Highlights
Handpicked by DianaHansenYoung
Vintage from the 1990s
Width: 10 inches
Height: 8 inches
 
About this item
Sunday afternoon at church in Kailua, on the windward side, was very hot, especially in August. The louvres were all open, fans were moving the air (this was before the luxury of air conditioning!) and all of the ladies, dressed in their finest long holokuus, were very, very warm.
But everyone brought their beautiful fans to church, anticipating the warmth. Some were Japanese, some were Chinese, some were old English fans with cabbage roses or paintings of French scenes of ladies with piled white hair. As the service continued, a few heads nodded, and there were the sounds of Snap! Snap! as the women snapped their fans open and vigorously fanned their faces -- and those of their dozing husbands.
Whenever I see a fan, I think of those warm Sunday afternoons in church, listening to the admonitions to be true to oneself, do the right, and. . . stay awake (which could only happen if you had a Sunday Fan!)
This is a giclee on canvas. I stretch them myself to order, over bars. They are suitable for framing - no glass -- or you can run a ribbon around the edge to hide the staples and hang them as is -- perhaps next to your Sunday fan!
Enjoy.