THE PROPERTY OF The late Mrs. Bertha de Vere Green
An Ombrelle-Eventail, the mount of pink silk with an overlay of lace opening in the form of half umbrella shaped as a scallop shell, the handle of bone carved with a tassle, the metal slide stamped Bollack Fres, Brevet SGDG - 18in., circa 1858
Details
An Ombrelle-Eventail, the mount of pink silk with an overlay of lace opening in the form of half umbrella shaped as a scallop shell, the handle of bone carved with a tassle, the metal slide stamped Bollack Fres, Brevet SGDG - 18in., circa 1858
See illustration
See illustration
Literature
Herman Diesel in 1855 and Jean Degivry in 1857 patented similar designs; see Maryse Volet, L'Imagination au Service de L'eventail p. 202. In 1858 Simon and Hermann patented: Pour la reunion et la separation facultative d'un Eventail et d'une ombrelle.