A Flight of Seagulls

Fan with carved, pierced and gilt ivory sticks and guards, signed Henneguy.

The lace leaf is worked by the Belgian lace makers Minne-Dansaert featuring a sunset with flowers, shells and seagulls flying above the ocean.

Henneguy, Louis-Honoré (French, active Late Nineteenth Century)
Tabletier (fan stick maker) born in Andeville and later based in Méru. He collaborated with Bastard-Lannoy during the 1870s, and with fan makers Duvelleroy and Félix Alexandre later in the Nineteenth Century.
He also worked alongside renowned painters of the period, such as Maurice Leloir, Clairin and Marie Dumas.