Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Hand Painted Silk Fan Silver Pique Bone Monture c1775 c.1600s a larger note card necessaire

a larger note card necessaire

An open tuxedo

Set with seed pearls

and the very popular (then) Japonaise and Chinoiserie (Orientalism) decorative style made popular by the Empress Eugeniea

I have collected these and history so long

Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Hand Painted Silk Fan Silver Pique Bone Monture c1775 c.1600s a larger note card necessaireFine Louis XVI Period French Hand Painted Silk Fan Paris, Circa 17751785 A refined late 18th century French fan, retaining its original hand painted silk leaf and finely worked bone monture. The 14 cm leaf (28 cm across when open) depicts a charming pastoral fte galante scene two elegantly dressed ladies attended by a gentleman, a lute resting nearby. The powdered coiffures and soft rose gown place it firmly in the later Louis XVI period, just prior