Sous la pluie, France, circa 1910-1920. Balloon-shaped fan, the paper leaf, mounted in the English style and painted of a couple in the rain. She is elegant, and he is wearing a soldier's uniform and the kepi of a lieutenant in the cavalry of the French army. They are sheltering under an umbrella. Signed on the left "Lac" (?). On the reverse, the signature of the Duvelleroy fan house in Paris. Engraved and gilded bone frame decorated with stylised flowers. (Wear, small stains.) Height 23.3 cm; leaf height: 12.5 cm. In a garnet leather-covered box, engraved "MLL" under the crown, with the address of the éventailliste Rodien, rue Cambon, under the lid. Expert : Georgina Letourmy-Bordier