Details
Eventail a dislocation, a novelty collapsible fan, the leaf of pink ribbon and machine lace, with wooden sticks, when the fan is opened the wrong way - left to right - the leaf falls apart - 12in. (80cm.), circa 1880
Literature
Heaulme-Fleury registered a patent for this type of fan on 15th July 1879, see Volet, Maryse, Les Brevets Deposes en France au XIXe siecle, Vesenaz 1986, p. 109
Special notice
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