Duvelleroy for the Elysée Palace Hotel

Advertising fan with imitation ivory sticks and guards pressed with decorative motifs.

The double paper leaf is printed on the recto with an elaborate arrangement of baroque-rococo style scrollwork borders and decorative ornamental devices surrounding three circular medallions (containing illustrations based on Eighteenth Century engravings). The central medallion is after an engraving by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (1741 – 1814) entitled ‘Le Rendez-vous pour Marly’ (c. 1777).

The verso is printed in monochrome with a linear design of ornamental motifs and borders in a similar vein to the recto.