Patent screen, circa 1870 Green silk screen. Carved... - Lot 198 - Coutau-Bégarie

Lot 198
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Patent screen, circa 1870 Green silk screen. Carved... - Lot 198 - Coutau-Bégarie
Patent screen, circa 1870 Green silk screen. Carved wooden handle. The upper part decorated with a rosewood veneer and a gilded brass fillet. A gilt brass plate on the side reads "Brevet/de/Perfecttnt / S.G.D.G." [Brevet de perfectionnement sans garantie du gouvernement]. This model seems to be an improvement of the "Ducrot" screen by Salomon-Isaac Meyer patented in 1870. L. 30 cm (wear) 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 200, p. 82
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