SILVER FILIGREE BRISE' FAN, OF LIGURIAN PROVENANCE. ALTHOUGH THIS TYPE OF FANS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF XIX CENTURY, THERE IS AN ALMOST IDENTICAL FAN IN "UNFOLDING BEAUTY" - ANNA GRAY BENNET - P. 218 - CAT. 87. ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED WITH THE FAN IT BELONGED TO MARIE LOUISE (1791/1847), DAUGHTER OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR FRANCIS I, AND SECOND WIFE OF NAPOLEON I IN 1810. THE FAN WENT TO PROF. GODENZI OF BOLOGNA IN 1844. CM 17 x 32,5.