Private fans collection of Evgeniya Doremidova
Saint-Petersburg
Grey mother of pearl frame, with its original nice box.
Silk leaf is painted, embroidered with sequins, malin lace.
Signed: Billotey. Many museums in the world have fans painted by Billotey, in Hermitage there are 3 fans, one in a similar grisaille color, page 243 in book “Hand fans in Russia in XVIII – beginning XX century in collection of Hermitage Museum”, the biggest collection of hand fans of this painter is in German Fan Museum in Bielefeld.
