Hand screen, circa 1860 Rare handle and cage... - Lot 197 - Coutau-Bégarie

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Hand screen, circa 1860 Rare handle and cage... - Lot 197 - Coutau-Bégarie
Hand screen, circa 1860 Rare handle and cage in finely engraved white mother-of-pearl. Purple silk screen richly painted with golden flowers. Feathers on the edge. This model is close to the screen called "Ducrot" in reference to the patent registered by this manufacturer in 1862. L. 23 cm (wear) In a box bearing under the lid the label of the house Mayot in Lyon. Read : M. Volet, "L'imagination au service de l'éventail. Les brevets déposés en France au 19e siècle, Imagination and its contribution to fans, Patents deposited in France in the 19th century", Vesenaz, 1986, notice 123, p. 82.
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