Fan, the paper leaf in bistre-colored painted with musical attributes, torchères and garlands of flowers.

Inscribed on the reverse:

EMBASSADE DE FRANCE
MOSCOU MAI 96

[EMBASSY OF FRANCE MOSCOW MAY 96]

The bone sticks and guards painted and signed on the reverse by the Parisian fan-maker Ernest Kees.

Good condition

H : 22 cm

With luxury case from Kees

On May 18, 1896, the French Embassy organized a dinner to celebrate the coronation of the new Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. We can assume that the female guests may have received this type of fan as a gift.

A Kees fan in the same style, but cabriolet, from the collection of Princess Youssoupoff (1861-1939) is featured in Hand fans in Russia, 18th to early 20th century. In the State Hermitage Museum collection by Yulia Plotnikova. Moscow 2019. p. 383