A fine antique French folding fan, 18th century, a finely decorated vellum fan with three romantic idylls in gouache colours to shaped reserves surrounded by spangles and arabesque decorated cream vellum, the exquisitely carved and pierced tortoiseshell sticks and guards with silver gilt figures and trophies, housed in a velvet lined vintage box frame, height 35.5 cm, width 61.5 cm