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AN ARTICULATED FAN
the paper leaf painted with trophies of music and embroidered with red, blue, green and gold spangles, the ivory sticks carved with chinoiserie figures with parasols, painted and gilt, the guardsticks each set with three male portraits, which transform to female portraits when a concealled lever is slid down,--10.5in. (26.6cm), French, circa 1775 (one stick damaged)
the paper leaf painted with trophies of music and embroidered with red, blue, green and gold spangles, the ivory sticks carved with chinoiserie figures with parasols, painted and gilt, the guardsticks each set with three male portraits, which transform to female portraits when a concealled lever is slid down,--10.5in. (26.6cm), French, circa 1775 (one stick damaged)
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