Lot 211
211
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A Cabriolet fan the leaves painted with a gentleman and a lady riding in cabriolets, with a gazebo beyond, the verso with buildings and flowers, the ivory sticks carved and pierced and painted with chinoiserie - 11in., French, circa 1770 - in fan box with printed inscription cet evantail a appartenu a la Pricesse Louise de Bauffremont, Princesse de Listenois 1750 -1803

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A Cabriolet fan the leaves painted with a gentleman and a lady riding in cabriolets, with a gazebo beyond, the verso with buildings and flowers, the ivory sticks carved and pierced and painted with chinoiserie - 11in., French, circa 1770 - in fan box with printed inscription cet evantail a appartenu a la Pricesse Louise de Bauffremont, Princesse de Listenois 1750 -1803

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Lot Essay

La Princess de Listonois was Lady in Waiting to Maria Leszczynska, wife of Louis XV.
The vendor won a prize in L'Eventail in 1965 for this fan.

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