Fan With Lace Decoration, Genre Scene, Flowers And Birds Painted On Gauze, 19th Century

Fan decorated with a genre scene with flowers and birds painted on gauze with openwork wooden sprigs and painted with flower motifs, late 19th century Superb fan with central decoration representing a genre scene with a gallant seated on a bench next to a young woman girl embroidering a work On either side of this scene, there are in two cartridges a quiver with arrows, Cupid's bow and doves for one and for the other flowers detached from their ribbon by dove beaks These scenes are surrounded by a large lace decoration with very fine embroidered multicolored cannetilles Hand painting on very fine gauze and in very good condition The frame is in openwork wood decorated with finely carved arabesques Each strand is painted with alternating flowers and rows of Louis XVI style pearls Polychrome flowers painted very finely, strands in very good condition The reverse of the fan is also painted on each strand with a decoration of long open old gold arabesques: 45.5 cm long closed: 24 cm Very beautiful piece!