Chemin de Croix: Seldom found on the market, a... Lot 20

Chemin de Croix: Seldom found on the market, a small pressed and decoratively pierced card brisé fan with fourteen printed scenes relating to Christ carrying his cross to the crucifixion site, having been condemned to death by the Roman governor Pontius Pilatus, taking the processional route through the Old City of Jerusalem to Mont Golgotha, framed and glazed, guard approx. 4.5 inches or 11.5cm, finished with a cotton tassel. One further example known to be held by the Musée de la Mode, Palais Galliera in Paris, a gift from the members of the Cercle de l’Eventail.