Description
A fine circa 1820’s pale horn brisé fan, carved and pierced, the twenty inner sticks and two guards with pointed tips, barrel rivet, the fan notable for the complex shaping of the inner sticks, in pairs, with an upper band of circles painted in bright hues of orange and blue and featuring fritillaria, the next three bands shield-shaped the first painted with pink rose garlands and white violas with lilac centres, the remaining two bands without colour, the verso painted in similar fashion with different flowers, contained in an original green card fan tube labelled for “MULLOT l’ainé éventailliste, Rue St- Denis No 130, guard approx. 6.25 inches or 16cm
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A fine circa 1820’s pale horn brisé fan, carved and pierced, the twenty inner sticks and two guards with pointed tips, barrel rivet, the fan notable for the complex shaping of the inner sticks, in pairs, with an upper band of circles painted in bright hues of orange and blue and featuring fritillaria, the next three bands shield-shaped the first painted with pink rose garlands and white violas with lilac centres, the remaining two bands without colour, the verso painted in similar fashion with different flowers, contained in an original green card fan tube labelled for “MULLOT l’ainé éventailliste, Rue St- Denis No 130, guard approx. 6.25 inches or 16cm
