Miniature Advertising Fan for W. & J. Sloane

New York, New York: Livermore & Knight Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1890. Very good. Light toning, tassel a little frayed.. A sweet pocket-sized fan advertising antique rugs, carpeting, furniture and related interior decor sold by W. & J. Sloane of New York and San Francisco. Made from five (5) die-cut leaves printed in orange-red, with designs inspired by the Middle East (a popular aesthetic in America at the time). Includes descriptions of their wares, and small images of them, as well as an exoticized image of a Middle Eastern palace on the bottom leaf. Each leaf measures approx. 3.5" by 1", and fastened together at the bottom with a light beige silk cord.