French Louis XVI / Directoire Ivory, Gold & Silver Foil Jeweled Fan with Convex Mirror Guards France, circa 1790–1805 V Rare Napoleon bees and the maker or purveyor's

and the maker or purveyor's embossed also

1750-70s style

nor serpentine crafted broad brass pencil-edging trim

Marie-Antoinette's favorite decorative style

hand painted floral accenting and original partially legible paper label on the bottom

French Louis XVI / Directoire Ivory, Gold & Silver Foil Jeweled Fan with Convex Mirror Guards France, circa 1790–1805 V Rare Napoleon bees and the maker or purveyor'sFew accessories capture the glittering elegance of late eighteenth century France more completely than a superbly crafted folding fan, and this remarkable example represents the finest level of Parisian luxury craftsmanship. Fashioned during the transition from the refined Louis XVI period into the early Directoire era, the fan is mounted on exquisitely carved ivory guards and sticks, lavishly ornamented with intricate pierced decoration overlaid in