Federica Biasi. 'brise 44' Coffee Table, manufactured by Gervasoni, blue with cylindrical bases and portable dish top, height 17.32 in. diameter 28.35 in. Provenance: Purchased from Anibou, Private Collection, Sydney
- Brise Fan - A brise fan consists of flat ribs that become wider from the rivet to the top, and are held in place by a ribbon threaded through slots at the broad end. They do not have a folding leaf. The earliest brise fans came from China and Japan, and were exported to Europe in large quantities from the 17th century onwards. European-made brise fans, an imitation of the delicate Chinese wooden and ivory fans, were composed of thinly-sliced sticks of bone, horn, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, or ivory that were often elaborately carved, gilded, and painted.
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