French Louis XVI / Directoire Ivory, Gold & Silver Foil Jeweled Fan with Convex Mirror Guards France, circa 1790–1805 V Rare Napoleon bees 1750-70s style

1750-70s style

Remarkable in so many ways

We've owned and sold several works similar to this by famed listed French Animalier sculptor

hand painted floral accenting and original partially legible paper label on the bottom

The guards and sticks are bone

French Louis XVI / Directoire Ivory, Gold & Silver Foil Jeweled Fan with Convex Mirror Guards France, circa 1790–1805 V Rare Napoleon bees 1750-70s styleFew accessories capture the glittering elegance of late eighteenth century France more completely than a superbly crafted folding fan, and this remarkable example represents the finest level of Parisian luxury craftsmanship. Fashioned during the transition from the refined Louis XVI period into the early Directoire era, the fan is mounted on exquisitely carved ivory guards and sticks, lavishly ornamented with intricate pierced decoration overlaid in