Horn or tortoiseshell fan, the skin leaf painted in blue monochrome depicting two dancers and musicians performing in a garden.
Monogrammed AF and dated 1909
Condition: stains and wrinkled skin, small missing tip on reverse.
H: 24 cm
This may have been a demonstration given by the American dancer Loïe Fuller and one of her students at a reception organized by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy in September 1909.
For further information, see the article “Loïe Fuller, la Fée Lumière” by Laetitia Georges in the Nouveau Bulletin du Cercle de l'Eventail n°19 Winter 2022, p. 47.