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A STRAW-WORK FAN
the silk leaf painted with lovers and a girl with a bird on a string, the reserves decorated with four vignettes possibly representing the seasons, one with straw-work flowers, with butterflies with applied feather wings, another with straw-work vines, the other panels with landscape of applied painted plaques of mother of pearl, divided by columns of steel trimmed with garlands of red and blue spangles, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and gilt,--11in. (27cm), French, circa 1770 (worn)
the silk leaf painted with lovers and a girl with a bird on a string, the reserves decorated with four vignettes possibly representing the seasons, one with straw-work flowers, with butterflies with applied feather wings, another with straw-work vines, the other panels with landscape of applied painted plaques of mother of pearl, divided by columns of steel trimmed with garlands of red and blue spangles, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and gilt,--11in. (27cm), French, circa 1770 (worn)
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