Patent screen, circa 1870 Green silk screen. Carved wooden handle. The upper part adorned with a rosewood veneer and gilded brass fillet. A gilded brass plate on the side reads "Brevet/de/Perfecttnt / S.G.D.G.". [Brevet de perfectionnement sans garantie du gouvernement]. This model appears to be a further development of the "Ducrot" screen by Salomon-Isaac Meyer patented in 1870. L. 30 cm (wear) Read: M. Volet, "L'imagination au service de l'éventail. Les brevets déposés en France au 19e siècle, Imagination and its contribution to fans, Patents deposited in France in the 19th century", Vesenaz, 1986, notice 200, p. 82

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