Promenade en barque, France, circa 1850 Folded fan, the double lithographed and painted paper sheet of young women in a boat on a pond. Reverse: gallant scene in a park, in the taste of the 18th century. Large white mother-of-pearl frame, engraved and gilded. The central cartel is burled and illustrated with a couple. Decorative hoop. H.t. 27 cm (wear, accidents, restorations, does not fold)

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