Deux éventails en nacre, écaille et soie finement finis et peints avec une scène galante et le Sommeil d'Endymion, Italie/France, 18/19ème siècle

71 x 50 cm (incl. frame)

H ca. 26 cm (the fans)

The 'Sleep of Enymion' fan made in Italy in the early 18th C. The 'gallant spirit' folding fan with white mother-of-pearl sticks, pierced, engraved, 'burgautés' and gilt with a scene of daily life, ca. 1760. The folding fan signed on the left, in red 'Jung' and 19th C. 

We would like to thank Miss G. Letourmy-Bordier for the expertise.