After Benda, La dame et son page, France, circa 1913. Folded fan, advertising, double sheet of paper printed after the illustrator G.K. Benda of an elegant lady preceded by her dog, and followed by her page and a monkey. The inscription reads "Souvenir des Bals de l'Opéra/ March and April/ 1914" and "Offered by Gellé Frères". The reverse celebrates the perfumes "Trois succès de Gellé Frères : " Pour être aimée "/ " Nacréor " et " Séduction ". On the left, "This fan has been scented with Séduction". On either side are autographs from celebrities of the time, including Belle Otéro, Gina Cavalieri and Mistinguett, the muses of the Parisian perfumer. Rose-stained wood frame. (Worn). Height 27.7 cm; Leaf height: 18.2 cm. Expert : Georgina Letourmy-Bordier