ITALIAN FOLDING FAN WITH LEAF MADE BY SILK RIBBONS. THE FRAME IS OF WHITE COLORED WOOD, WITH GILT SWAGS AND STARS. THE STICKS SEEMS TO CONSIST OF AN INTERLACEMENT LEAVING IN THE CENTER A SERIES OF HOLES WHERE THE RIBBONS ENTER. BY A REFERENCE TO THE BOOK “VENTAGLI” WRITTEN BY AMBROGIO TENENTI IN 1881 IT SEEMS THAT THE IDEA OF THIS MODEL WAS ORIGINALLY OF A NOBLE LADY IN MILAN, WHO NAMED IT  “SMALL BOWS STYLE”. BRASS LOOP. MOP BUTTON. ABOUT 1885. CM 34,5 x 60. STICKS 20 + 2.