An unusual silk and appliqué panel depicting a lady in exotic dress holding a fan behind her, within an arch of peacock feathers, signed "A Premet" in one lower corner, in the style of Mucha?--25 x 57in. (63 x 143cm.), re-mounted, circa 1900

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An unusual silk and appliqué panel depicting a lady in exotic dress holding a fan behind her, within an arch of peacock feathers, signed "A Premet" in one lower corner, in the style of Mucha?--25 x 57in. (63 x 143cm.), re-mounted, circa 1900
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Premet was a minor couture house based in Paris, opening in 1911. They trained Alix, later known as Madame Grès. It maybe that the panel was an earlier development by the same family.

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