A LATE VICTORIAN LACE AND BLONDE TORTOISESHELL FAN

A LATE VICTORIAN LACE AND BLONDE TORTOISESHELL FAN

BY A. RODIEN, RETAILED BY DUVELLEROY, C.1890

with amber coloured guards and sticks, with a silver and diamond set monogram 'M R' probably for Marie Rothschild, the lace leaf worked with floral and leaf designs, in a silk box with gilt initials 'M R' and with a paper label for 'J. Duvelleroy 167 Regent Street', the interior marked 'A. Rodien Eventailliste. 48 Rue Gambon'; together with a French painted vellum fan, with pierced and gilt decorated mother of pearl guards and sticks, the leaf painted with a boy kneeling before a girl accompanied by seven attendant young ladies, all in 18th century dress, signed 'Rosa', with a silk lined back (3)

51cm wide

Provenance

Marie Rothschild (1862-1937)

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

Marie Rothschild (nee Perugia) (1862-1937) married Leopold de Rothschild in 1881, a wedding attended by the Prince of Wales. They had three children, Lionel Nathan (1882-1942), Evelyn Achille (1886-1917) and Anthony Gustav (1887-1961).