The Indispensable, necessaire fan circa 1880
The Indispensable, necessaire fan circa 1880
Fan, the leaf in printed paper
Wooden sticks and guard
The master guard (reported) in wood and bone with sliding plates revealing a dressing and the place for sewing accessories.
According to a patent registered by the fan maker Ernest Kees in 1879, naming this type of fan "L'Indispensable" [The Essential"].
Good condition (missing accessories)
H : 30,5 cm
Ref : Maryse VOLET L'imagination au service de l'éventail. Les brevets déposés en France au 19e siècle.. p. 31 and 49
Wooden sticks and guard
The master guard (reported) in wood and bone with sliding plates revealing a dressing and the place for sewing accessories.
According to a patent registered by the fan maker Ernest Kees in 1879, naming this type of fan "L'Indispensable" [The Essential"].
Good condition (missing accessories)
H : 30,5 cm
Ref : Maryse VOLET L'imagination au service de l'éventail. Les brevets déposés en France au 19e siècle.. p. 31 and 49
