Lot Essay
Probably the fan designed by Joseph Piquemal, patent no. 222, illustrated Maryse Volet, L'Imagination au Service de L'Eventail, Vesenaz, 1986, illustrated pp.138 and 140
Details
Eventail Poignard, a novelty fan in the form of a dagger, with leather hilt and handle and metal chain and clip - 11in. (29cm.), circa 1874