Queen of the Night

Fan with carved and pierced tortoiseshell sticks shaped to simulate rays of light. One guard is richly carved with a female crowned with a diamond-set silver star.

The double canepin leaf is painted on the recto only with a nymph-like female figure, accompanied by putti; Signed G. Lasellaz.
The rivet is capped by a jewelled star of silver with rose diamonds.

Lasellaz, Gustave-François (French, 1848-1910)
Genre and landscape painter, known to have exhibited works at the Paris Salon from 1883. He painted fans for Maison Duvelleroy as well as for Kees.