A fine fan by Alexandre signed by Edouard Moreau and A. Soldé 1860, the paper leaf painted with five lively scenes of a variation of the punishment of Cupid, the verso with a cartouche showing putti escaping from prison in the centre and two medallions en grisaille in the reserves, the leaf inscribed 'Ornée par Ed. Moreau' on the right and 'Maison Alexandre 1866' on the left, the ivory sticks finely carved and painted with medieval hunting scenes signed E. Moreau, the guardsticks carved with cupids, the rivet set with a turquoise, in fitted velvet box stamped Tiffany & Co. New York Paris London - 12in. (30cm) - French 1860-1866
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A fine fan by Alexandre signed by Edouard Moreau and A. Soldé 1860, the paper leaf painted with five lively scenes of a variation of the punishment of Cupid, the verso with a cartouche showing putti escaping from prison in the centre and two medallions en grisaille in the reserves, the leaf inscribed 'Ornée par Ed. Moreau' on the right and 'Maison Alexandre 1866' on the left, the ivory sticks finely carved and painted with medieval hunting scenes signed E. Moreau, the guardsticks carved with cupids, the rivet set with a turquoise, in fitted velvet box stamped Tiffany & Co. New York Paris London - 12in. (30cm) - French 1860-1866

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A fine fan by Alexandre signed by Edouard Moreau and A. Soldé 1860, the paper leaf painted with five lively scenes of a variation of the punishment of Cupid, the verso with a cartouche showing putti escaping from prison in the centre and two medallions en grisaille in the reserves, the leaf inscribed 'Ornée par Ed. Moreau' on the right and 'Maison Alexandre 1866' on the left, the ivory sticks finely carved and painted with medieval hunting scenes signed E. Moreau, the guardsticks carved with cupids, the rivet set with a turquoise, in fitted velvet box stamped Tiffany & Co. New York Paris London - 12in. (30cm) - French 1860-1866
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拍品專文

The Empress Eugenie lent an 1852 Alexandre fan, painted by Soldé and Moreau with the Adventures of Cupid to the Loan Exhibition of Fans at the South Kensington Museum [now the Victoria and Albert Museum] in 1870

The wedding fan of the Grand Duchess of Baden painted by Alexantre Soldé was exhibited in the Karlsruhe exhibition 1891
A fan by A. Solde from the 'Maison Alexandre' dated 1858 was sold at Drouot-Paris on 23rd June 1999

Alexandre Soldé 1822-1893
Edouard Moreau 1825-1878