RARE FRENCH FOLDING FAN, "ARTICULATED" TYPE. HAND-PAINTED SILK DOUBLE LEAF, EMBROIDERED WITH GOLDEN SEQUINS AND THREAD. PIERCED AND CARVED IVORY STICKS, GOLDEN SILVER DAMASCENED. IT IS CURIOUS TO NOTE THAT THE TWO CENTRAL STICKS HAVE BEEN MOUNTED INVERTED, SINCE THE ORIGINAL ASSEMBLING. BUTTONS WITH SETTED CRYSTALS. ON THE TWO GUARD-STICKS THERE ARE TWO MEDAILLONS, EACH CONTAINING A SMALL AUTOMATON, WHOSE ARMS WORK WITH A LITTLE LEVER. ON A SIDE A HUNTER SHOULDERS THE GUN, WATCHED BY HIS DOG; ON THE OTHER SIDE, A LADY SMELLS A BOUQUET. BESIDES, ON THE GUARD STICKS THERE ARE SOME SMALL GLASS TUBES CONTAINING COTTON-WOOL, WHICH WERE FILLED UP WITH PERFUME THROUGH THE PIERCED IVORY GRILL. 1775 CA. CM 27. MAX SPREAD. CM 52. STICKS 14+2.