Folded fan with harvest symbols, Point de... - Lot 318 - Coutau-Bégarie

Lot 318
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Folded fan with harvest symbols, Point de... - Lot 318 - Coutau-Bégarie
Folded fan with harvest symbols, Point de Gaze, Belgium, circa 1860-80. The extremely fine needleworked lace sheet, whose quality of execution and design is certainly the signature of a large Belgian workshop. Framed with snowball flowers decorated with small beads in relief and beautiful denticulated leaves on a finely drawn and decorated claustra. In the center a sheaf of wheat with all the harvesting tools, scythe, rake, flail, fork and spade. On either side of the mirror, a cherub holding a horse by the reindeer caracoling under two palm trees, large-leaved ferns and birds in full flight complete the decor. Sowing of very small circles, network of great fineness. Ivory colour (good condition, some small spots or freckles) Brown tortoiseshell frame and belly* Mounting height: 26,5 cm Leaf height: 12,5 cm. * Scale: Specimens made from the scales of marine turtles, Cheloniidae spp (I/A-EC), a so-called pre-Convention specimen prior to 1 June 1947 (EC Rule 338/97 of 9 December 1996 Art. 2 -W mc). Provenance: Phillips sale, London, March 1993.
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