11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2051
 

2051

A Dance Fan, French, circa 1810, a double paper leaf mounted on bone with plain monture and...

A Dance Fan, French, circa 1810, a double paper leaf mounted on bone with plain monture and very tiny gorge. "Inventé par Edwd Payne, Maitre de Danse", continuing in French to state "Auteur de Quaddrilles, danses Espagnols ….". The top border, in sections named "Premier, Seconde, Figures des Nouveaux Quadrilles", Cinquième and Sixième", below which, in very small print, appear to be instructions for many dances, with their names, such as "La Duchesse de Berry", "La Waterloo", and "La Henriette". The verso is plain. Contained in a shaped card fan box covered in floral woven silk in cream and mid yellow
Guard length 7 and 5/8 inches or 19.5cm.

Not in the Schreiber Collection

Sold for £420
Estimated at £280 - £320


 

. The monture is sound. The fan leaf has suffered/has losses along the bottom border and the very last lines are difficult to read. There may or may not be a date in that section.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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