Based on Albert Robida, *Paris in the Middle Ages*, 1900
Based on Albert Robida, *Paris in the Middle Ages*, 1900
Folded fan, double-layered fabric with chromolithographic and gilded printing, assembled in the English style. Albert Robida depicts the banks of the Seine, featuring architecture evoking medieval Paris, built for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair. Two elegant ladies lean in to listen to the sarabande played by a young musician who has come to perform in front of the Grand Châtelet. In a cartouche on a gilded background, the inscription “Vieux Paris.” Blank reverse.
Stamp on the reverse: “Eventails Duvelleroy.”
White-painted and stamped wooden frame.
(Peeling, restorations.)
Height: 24.2 cm; Height of the sheet: 12.1 cm
In a box.
Expert: Georgina Letourmy-Bordier
Based on Albert Robida, *Paris in the Middle Ages*, 1900
Folded fan, double-layered fabric with chromolithographic and gilded printing, assembled in the English style. Albert Robida depicts the banks of the Seine, featuring architecture evoking medieval Paris, built for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair. Two elegant ladies lean in to listen to the sarabande played by a young musician who has come to perform in front of the Grand Châtelet. In a cartouche on a gilded background, the inscription “Vieux Paris.” Blank reverse.
Stamp on the reverse: “Eventails Duvelleroy.”
White-painted and stamped wooden frame.
(Peeling, restorations.)
Height: 24.2 cm; Height of the sheet: 12.1 cm
In a box.
Expert: Georgina Letourmy-Bordier
