A fan, the leaf a hand-coloured stipple engraving of vignettes of a lady dressing and dancing, inscribed Belleville, Nos.314,308,315, the verso with Belleville 325, a lady at her toilette helped by putti, with mother of pearl pagoda sticks with a spy hole, painted, decorated with a frieze of foil flowers and gilt - 8.5in. (21.5cm.), circa 1830

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A fan, the leaf a hand-coloured stipple engraving of vignettes of a lady dressing and dancing, inscribed Belleville, Nos.314,308,315, the verso with Belleville 325, a lady at her toilette helped by putti, with mother of pearl pagoda sticks with a spy hole, painted, decorated with a frieze of foil flowers and gilt - 8.5in. (21.5cm.), circa 1830
See Colour Plate 3

Literature

Scott op.cit. figure 10

Lot Essay

Belleville of 127 rue St. Martin advertised fan leaf and published prints for packaging throughout the 1830s and 1840s

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