Lot Essay
There was a similar but earlier handscreen exhibited in I Mestieri della Moda a Venezia, London Accademia Italiana, 1997, illustrated plate 199
Details
A handscreen or ventola, of plaited straw, with turned ivory handle - 15in. (37cm.), probably Venetian, 18th century
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