11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2165
 

2165

Two 1920's Fans for Royal Origon/Galeries Lafayette: Comprising a printed paper advertising fan...

Two 1920's Fans for Royal Origon/Galeries Lafayette: Comprising a printed paper advertising fan in fontage form, the double leaf mounted on simple wood sticks stained dark brown. The recto advertises, in French, "Royal Origan, Parfum-Ultra Subtil, creation des GALERIES LAFAYETTE Londres, Nice, Lyon", the design of stylised green, yellow and white Art Deco flowers on a navy-blue background. The verso shows a lady in strapless gown seated on a globe, and straplines announcing that only the best is sold at Galeries Lafayette, the only shop in the world where the annual turnover was approaching a billion francs. Marked for R.C. PARIS No 76-346.
Overall height 9 inches or 23cm.
The second fan is in English, with the same advertising on the verso. The recto shows a young lady in a bouffant white gown holding a large black Ostrich feather fan. Artist Jean Gabriel Domerque (1889-1962), dated 1919. Overall height 9 inches or 23cm
GAL5

Sold for £70
Estimated at £70 - £100


 

. French fan; good colour, slightly crumpled top edge, with some tiny nicks to the folds. The first fold in from the right has been damp and has some slight paper loss to the verso. English version in good order, some like foxing.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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