27th May, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Fans and Fancies - Online Only

 
  Lot 4164
 

4164

L.T.PIVER: Three Early 20th Century Perfume Fans by the well-known French company. The double...

L.T.PIVER: Three Early 20th Century Perfume Fans by the well-known French company. The double leaf shows Columbine and another, fleeing Pierrot by moonlight, making their escape by means of a gondola manned by Harlequin. The verso is printed in pale green on cream, and advertises the L.T. Piver parfumerie in Paris. Printed by Maquet. Artist P. Wregann. "Floramye" was launched in 1905. Guard length 8.5 inches or 21.5cm. (see the Malpas research # PVR30); A Ballon Shaped Paper Fan advertising the Parfum Vivitz, produced by L.T.PIVER in 1922. Shows a mother and her children in the garden, designed by Bernard B de Monvel( see the Malpas research # PVR7); and the final fan, by the artist "Mich" (Jean-Marie Liébeaux,1881-1923) showing the Edwardian lady and her dog in the Wright flying machine over the ocean, speedboats racing below. Marked as a souvenir of Vichy-Etat, advertising the perfume "Pompeia" (19) by L.T.Piver, Paris. Printed by Maquet. The verso, printed in cream and pale green, advertises L.T. Piver at 10, Boul'd de Strasbourg, PARIS. Mounted on tan wood sticks. Guard length 9.5 inches or 24cm. See the Malpas research # PVR22) (3)

Sold for £160
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

. : Fan 1, some slight rubbing to folds and fold tips very slightly nicked. Fan 2 is crisp with very pale yellowing to some folds. Fan 3 has some foxing/marks to the leaf and folds are rubbed.

 


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