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| VENTOLA WITH PAINTED WOOD HANDLE. SILK LINED SCREEN, COMPLETELY HAND-SEWN. ORIGINAL BOW. THE MIDDLE HAS MADE FROM AN EXPOSED ON SILK PHOTO, SIGNED "LEON COMARRE". INSIDE THE SILK COVER THERE IS A PAPER WITH A HAND-WRITED SIGNATURE: "COUPLER". SINCE THE PECULIARITY OF SUBJECT, IT MAY BE BELONGED TO WOMAN DEPICTED IN THE PHOTO. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE IMPRESSIVE RESEMBLANCE WITH VIRGINIA OLDOINI, COUNTESS OF CASTIGLIONE, BORN IN FLORENCE ON MARCH 23rd, 1837 AND DIED IN 1899. NOW SHE IS BURIED AT THE PÈRE LACHAISE CEMETERY IN PARIS. 1865 CA. CM 35 x 20. THE SCREEN WAS PRESENT AT "LA FEMME DANS L'ART NOUVEAU" EXPOSITION IN PARIS FROM NOVEMBER 29th TO DECEMBER 31st 2005. | ||