EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE PARIS 1878, A FAN, THE LEAF OF SILK FINISHED COTTON PRINTED IN COLOURS WITH A VIEW OF THE EXHIBITION, SIGNED DUVELLEROY 1878, THE VERSO WITH A VIEW OF THE TROCADERO ALSO SIGNED AND DATED, WITH WOODEN STICKS, THE GUARDSTICKS STAMPED IN GOLD WITH THE ARMS OF PARIS AND DATE AND TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION - 11IN., 1878 (THREE STICKS REPAIRED)
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EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE PARIS 1878, A FAN, THE LEAF OF SILK FINISHED COTTON PRINTED IN COLOURS WITH A VIEW OF THE EXHIBITION, SIGNED DUVELLEROY 1878, THE VERSO WITH A VIEW OF THE TROCADERO ALSO SIGNED AND DATED, WITH WOODEN STICKS, THE GUARDSTICKS STAMPED IN GOLD WITH THE ARMS OF PARIS AND DATE AND TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION - 11IN., 1878 (THREE STICKS REPAIRED)
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THE TROCADERO BY BOURDAIS AND DAVIOUD WAS BUILT AT THE TIME OF THE 1878 EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE AN ANCIENT VICTORY IN SPAIN. IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1936