EUROPEAN MANUFACTURE FOLDING FAN WITH DOUBLE SILK LEAF, HAND-PAINTED FRONT SIGNED BY "A. VIRUTELL" AND EMBROIDERED WITH SMALL COLORED SEQUINS. NEW ZEALAND ABALONE OR PAUA STICKS WITH GILT AND SILVER CARVED DECORATIONS. WROUGHT BRASS LOOP AND ABALONE WASHER. THE FAN BELONGED TO BERTHA LOUISE MOORE, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER. SHE WAS BORN IN SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA, IN 1860. SHE WAS 19 IN THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT. BOTH OF HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN GERMANY. HER FATHER WAS THE GERMAN CONSULATE TO SAN FRANCISCO. AFTER THE FAN PASSED TO HER DAUGHTER HANALLA, BORN IN 1893 (IN THE CENTRAL PICTURE SHE WAS 16) AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO HER DAUGHTER ANNE BORN IN 1921 (IN THE PIC ON THE RIGHT SHE WAS 23), MOTHER OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER. HANALLA GAVE THE FAN TO HER GRAND-DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS 12, BUT HER MOTHER ANNE PRESERVED IT UP TO WHEN SHE PERFORMED 16 YEARS. 1880/85. CM. 22,5. MAX SPREAD CM. 42. STICKS 16 +2.