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68 - “The Kiss and the Receipt” and “The Romance of Fanchon,” France, circa 1803–1805
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€300 - 400Sale fees
“The Kiss and the Receipt” and “The Romance of Fanchon,” France, circa 1803–1805 A pair of hand screens, or fireplace screens, made of cardboard in an octagonal shape with a printed design resembling devoré velvet. Amid lyres and cupids, a circular engraving is depicted: - On one, a young woman writing “Romeo and Juliet” on a tree trunk, with on the reverse a musical score and three verses from “The Romance of Fanchon La Veilleuse,” a comedy interspersed with vaudeville sketches first performed in Paris in 1805. - On the other, Zephyr contemplates the sleeping Flora, with a musical score and two verses from the opera “Le baiser et la quittance ou une aventure de garnison” on the reverse, which premiered in Paris in 1803. Turned wooden handles. (Good condition, signs of wear, restorations.) Height: 37.8 cm Expert: Georgina Letourmy-Bordier
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