The fan stall, a fan, the leaf painted with a fair, the center booth inscribed No. 127 magasin, selling fans and lengths of silk, a tent inscribed Par Permission, possibly a fortune teller with a violinist standing in front, to the left a booth selling jewels and bisquits, the verso with a man by a monument, the ivory sticks carved, pierced, silvered and gilt with figures - 10in. (27cm.), circa 1760 (old repairs to leaf)

Details
The fan stall, a fan, the leaf painted with a fair, the center booth inscribed No. 127 magasin, selling fans and lengths of silk, a tent inscribed Par Permission, possibly a fortune teller with a violinist standing in front, to the left a booth selling jewels and bisquits, the verso with a man by a monument, the ivory sticks carved, pierced, silvered and gilt with figures - 10in. (27cm.), circa 1760 (old repairs to leaf)
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Provenance
Faucon, no. 1121, 1926
An Important Collection of Fans, Christie's South Kensington, 11 June 1991, lot 207

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