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Fan adorned with a raised engraving gouache depicting characters eating and dancing in a bucolic and rural landscape, carved wooden frame and gold, registered Art Nouveau late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This range is in its juice.
A note: breakage and tear (see red arrow), the range does not close completely (see last photo), some accidents and lack of gilding and edges of the print, see photos.
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* From the beginning of the eighteenth century, France is the largest producer of spectrum in Europe. The decor of the first French fans is borrowed from illuminated manuscripts and tapestries. From 1770 the neoclassical influences the production: the branches are less ornate and the sheet is often decorated with medallions. The painted fans back to date under the Second Empire. The subjects are often imitations of the themes of the previous century: gallant and pastoral scenes. The old fans are sought by collectors. (Larousse)
