11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2160
 

2160

Morny: A Scarce Large Advertising Fan, in almost Mouchoir form, marked on the verso for...

Morny: A Scarce Large Advertising Fan, in almost Mouchoir form, marked on the verso for "Essence Mysterieuse, Parfum Distingué de Morny". Mounted on bone with lightly incised and gold painted sticks, the cream double cotton fabric leaf is hexagonal, edged in gold metal braid, with a central five-sided additional cotton panel painted with quite Art Deco flowers and leaves in brown, salmon, royal blue and dull green. Overall height 14.75 inches or 37.5cm. Together with a more traditional folding fan , the double paper leaf mounted on bone or ivorine sticks, a scene of a boating lake with several couples in 18th century dress at leisure, the verso plain save for "Perfumed with CHAMINADE, by Morny" printed in red. Contained in a card fan box, the outer lid with a small paper label stating "CHAMINADE". Guard length 8.5 inches or 21.5cm
Not recorded and MOR1

Sold for £70
Estimated at £70 - £120


 

. Fan I, the fabric is slightly foxed and a little dusty. Fan 2, possibly good old repairs to 2 sticks down by the rivet, hard to judge,

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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