Lot Essay
Similar mechanical fans to the second fan are illustrated in Maryse Volet, Les Brevets d'Eventails deposes en France au 20eme Siecle, Vesenaz 1992, p.130
Details
An Aide Memoire brise fan, of ivory carved with a basket of flowers, with brass clasp - 2.5in. (7cm.), mid-19th century; a mechanical fan of simulated tortoiseshell, with mirror one side, patented Carlo - 3in. (7cm.), early 20th centur; a brise fan painted with a shepherd and sheperdess, the verso with a landscape - 6in. (16cm.),late 19th century; and a wooden brise fan, pierced and painted with violets - 9in. (24cm.), circa 1870 (4)
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