Ascension de Blanchard au Champs de Mars, a rare ballooning fan , the leaf painted with two vignettes, the ascent of Blanchard, 2nd March 1784, and Guyton de Moreau and Virly, 12th June, 1784 and with a central vignette of elegant diners watching a balloon fly past their window, made of painted mica, the reserves painted with a trompe l'oeil of lace against a pink ground, and with net insertions embroidered with spangles, the mother of pearl sticks pierced and gilt - 8in. (21cm.), circa 1890 - in fine gilt fan-shaped case See Colour Illustration on cover
Ascension de Blanchard au Champs de Mars, a rare ballooning fan , the leaf painted with two vignettes, the ascent of Blanchard, 2nd March 1784, and Guyton de Moreau and Virly, 12th June, 1784 and with a central vignette of elegant diners watching a balloon fly past their window, made of painted mica, the reserves painted with a trompe l'oeil of lace against a pink ground, and with net insertions embroidered with spangles, the mother of pearl sticks pierced and gilt - 8in. (21cm.), circa 1890 - in fine gilt fan-shaped case See Colour Illustration on cover
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