27th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2069
 

2069

The Actors: A Circa 1900 French Fan, the monture of wood, printed with the profiles of popular...

The Actors: A Circa 1900 French Fan, the monture of wood, printed with the profiles of popular actors of the time with copies of their signatures. The verso features a drawing of ethereal, partially dressed ladies with flowing hair. Signed A. Laur???. Together with "La Servante Officieuse" A Rather Risqué Fan showing a maid attending to the personal hygiene of a lady before the arrival in the bedroom of a gentleman clearly intent on an amorous evening. The reserves show cherubs with musical instruments and maidens with flower garlands. The verso is plain. Wooden guards advertising the Restaurant Abbaye-Albert. Noted for M Pernot Edit. Schall 17??- 1808. This would appear to be after a known painting by Jean Frederick Schall, but the dates given do not fit?
Actors: Overall height approx. 10 inches or 25.5cm, as the leaf rises slightly to the centre
La Servante: Guard length 8.5 inches or 22cm

Sold for £40
Estimated at £50 - £100


 

. the Actor fan is creased and rubbed on the folds and somewhat crumpled where the leaf height exceeds that of the guards. The second fan has a few nicks to the folds and some rubbing on some. The verso has a sellotape repair to one fold.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 27th Jun, 2019

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