25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
Lot 275
 

275

A French Ballooning Fan, circa 1783, single leaf mounted on ivory which has been silvered and...

A French Ballooning Fan, circa 1783, single leaf mounted on ivory which has been silvered and gilded, depicting cherubs on the gorge sticks and guards, possibly playing musical instruments. The central panel most likely shows King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. To each side is a depiction of couples in the countryside, watching a balloon high above through telescopes. The leaf is embroidered with tiny sequins of gold and blue and is bordered with tiny cerise painted dots. Simple flower sprays are painted on the cream verso. Guard length 28cm. Together with a green velvet fan box

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £300 - £600


 

Colours are good and strong and the sequins are still very shiny. The gilding has tarnished. The verso reveals that virtually every fold has split at some time and been restored, and the fan is generally strong excepting one new split in the central panel. The ivory frame appears undamaged. Extensive restoration to folds

 


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Auction: Blackborne Collection - Part 2, 25th Jul, 2018

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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