Details
Eventail a dislocation, a trick fan, the leaf composed of scarlet and black ribbons, when opened the wrong way, right to left, the fan appears to fall to pieces, with wooden sticks - 14in. (35cm.), circa 1879
Literature
The design was patented by Theophile Heaulme-Fleury in 1879, see Maryse Volet, L'Imagination au Service de l'Eventail, Vesenaz 1986, pp.109 and 127, patent no. 303