ENGLISH FOLDING FAN. PAPER DOUBLE LEAF. IVORY STICKS, MOP BUTTON (THE PREVIOUS DAMAGED STICKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED WITH THESE ONES, KINDLY OFFERED TO ME BY THE FRIEND AND "COLLEAGUE" DAVID RANFTL). THE DOUBLE LEAF IS HAND-WRITTEN WITH THE PRECISE DESCRIPTION OF THE UNDER-MENTIONED DANCE'S STEPS OF QUADRILLES IN GREAT FASHION DURING THE XIX CENTURY: "LA ROSE" - "LA LODOISKA" - "LA DORSET" - "L'ETOILE" - "LES LANCIERS" - "LA PANTALON" - "L'ETE'" - "LA POULE" - "LA TRENISE" - "LA PASTORALE" - "LA GRANDE PROMENADE". ONE SIDE HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, THE OTHER ONE IN FRENCH. INSIDE ONE OF THE GUARD STICKS THERE IS THE MONOGRAM "C.B.". CLOSE TO IT A SIGNATURE, ALMOST UNREADABLE. THIS FAN'S TYPOLOGY BEGINS TO BE IN FASHION ABOUT IN 1795, HOWEVER RELIABLE SOURCES DATE "LES LANCIERS" BACK TO THE YEARS AROUND 1816.   1815/20. CM 19. MAX SPREAD CM. 33,5. STICKS 14+2.