Fab Antique Victorian Napoleon III French Silk Embroidery 30cm Hand Fan Ebony Guards, Sticks Mechanical French but appear slightly lighter in

but appear slightly lighter in person than I could get out photos to depict accurately

no cracks or repairs there

for the world renowned Maison Puiforcat

The white trim has one chipped curlicue there above and to the right of the M on the top of the box

while we haven't tested these

Fab Antique Victorian Napoleon III French Silk Embroidery 30cm Hand Fan Ebony Guards, Sticks Mechanical French but appear slightly lighter inThis old beauty is SO Napoleon III, it ought to be in the displays of Empress Eugenie's Chinoiserie room at Fontainbleau Palace, don't. you agree? Large, elegantly worked silk satin in claret red with silk embroidered flowers dancing across it and those 30cm black perforated, carved ebonized sticks, still in fine form with the original passementerie tassel. In an era of black and red, it nails it. And it's been well preserved in the old original box,