'Double Image'. An ivory fan, French, circa 1770

the paper leaf opening both ways, depicting, when opened in one way, a lady and a gentleman seated in a garden, but when opened in the other way, seen walking in a garden towards a seated figure weighing silver coins, among sprays of flowers, butterflies and birds, the reverse with a rural view, the sticks and guards pierced, carved, silvered and gilded with urns and gallant figures, the guards on a tinted mother-of-pearl ground, paste pivot, in later embroided silk case

Christie's South Kensington, The Baldwin Collection of Fans, 4 May 1978, lot 54.

overall good condition thanks to double thickness of paper leaf. some wear to painting and gilding, especially around edges, some silvered ornament lacking from sticks.
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