Thomasse, The lizards, France, circa 1900. A fan with a pink silk leaf painted with four large lizards on a background of fern fronds and ladybirds. The bodies are enhanced with green sequins. Signed lower left animal painter Adolphe Thomasse. The reverse is mute. Signature of the Parisian fan maker "Duvelleroy" on the reverse. Mounted in blond horn with undulating plumes. The plume engraved "Duvelleroy". (Wear, cut folds, restorations). Height 27 cm; leaf height: 26.2 cm. In its original box with the address of the fan maker Duvelleroy in Paris on the lid. Expert : Georgina Letourmy-Bordier