Duvelleroy. Venus of the lake by Amelie Guilhem, fan circa 1900-1908
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Duvelleroy. Venus of the lake by Amelie Guilhem, fan circa 1900-1908
Fan, featuring a lace leaf made using needle and bobbin lace techniques and applied to machine-made tulle, with a medallion of painted leather depicting a nymph and cupids floating on a water lily in a pond.
Signed by the painter Amélie Guilhem and, on the reverse of one rib, by the fan maker Duvelleroy
Mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, pierced, engraved, gilded, and inlaid, with a central carving of an angel blowing bubbles.
Good condition (one restoration with synthetic reinforcement on the reverse of the lower stick)
H: 27 cm
With its case from the Duvelleroy
We warmly thank the lacemaker Edwige Renaudin for her help in identifying the lace.
