FRENCH FOLDING FAN. DOUBLE SILK LEAF. RECTO HAS AN HAND-PAINTED MEDALLION AND IS EMBROIDERED WITH SEQUINS AND METAL THREAD; VERSO SHOWS THE OUTLINE OF THE DECORATIONS ON THE FRONT. IT HAS BEEN COVERED A SECOND TIME WITH A WINE COLORED GAUZE, BUT IN ANCIENT TIMES, PERHAPS A LITTLE LATER THAN THE FAN MANUFACTURE. IT'S PROVED BY THE GILT EDGE WHICH SEEMS ORIGINAL. I THINK THE COLORED GAUZE WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF PRO-MONARCHIC FEELING AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF FRENCH REVOLUTION, AS SEEN IN THE SAME COLOR FAN IN MY PROPERTY, HYMNING TO LOUIS XVI IN A LOVING AND SORROWFUL TONE. SO, I SUPPOSE IT HAS BEEN APPLIED LATER, AS A DEMOSTRATION OF IDEOLOGIC AND MORAL SUPPORT TO THE ROYAL FAMILY'S PAIN, IMPRISONED AT THE TEMPLE. 1775/85 FOR THE FAN. 1792 CA. FOR THE GAUZE APPICATION. CM. 27. MAX SPREAD. CM. 51. STICKS 14+2.