Details
A handscreen of celluloid decorated with a comic scene of a chef, scared by a lobster and dropping a pile of plates, mounted on a steel rod - 7in. (18cm.), French, patent no. 577,912 patented in 1924; and a Art Nouveau fan, the gauze leaf painted with poppies, the bone sticks carved and painted with poppies - 9in. (23cm.), circa 1905 (2)
Literature
Maryse Volet, Les Brevet D'Eventails Deposes en France au 20eme Siecle, Vesenaz, 1992, no. 66, p.88
Maryse Volet, Eventails Europeens, Vesenaz, 1994, no. 84, p. 116
Maryse Volet, Eventails Europeens, Vesenaz, 1994, no. 84, p. 116
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.