Folding fan with a double sheet of paper with a military encampment and an army formation on the front, the siege of a city on the back, an ajour and embossed mother-of-pearl frame, This fan stands entirely devoted to the military company. It is a good example of a unit in sheet and frame. The magazine has a not-so-common, asymmetrical distribution on the front with a French army camp on the left and a marshal on the right that takes a parade along with high French officers on horseback. In the left cartouche: the soldiers in gray uniforms with tricorns adorned with white cocarde's are French troops between 1734 and 1757. From 1762 the cocarde's are black. A group of 'anspessades' can probably be seen here, noblemen, elite soldiers, who served in the infantry: 12 out of a company of 300 men. In the right cartouche: the cavelrymen in blue justaucorps (with red sleeves) are probably Gardes du Corps, Maison du Roi. The cavalrymen in red coats are Gendarmes de la Garde or Chevaux armies de la Garde or Mousquetaires. The middle figure - with a marshal staff in the right hand - bears the blue order ribbon of the 'Ordre du Saint Esprit' over the left shoulder. Possibly Louis XV (1710-1715-1774) is depicted here. Between 1740-8 this king fought the 'Austrian War of Succession in connection with the succession of Maria Theresia in the Austrian hereditary countries. The French, led by Maurits van Saksen, defeated the forbidden English, Dutch and Austrians in the Battle of Fontenay (Hainaut) on 11 May 1746 and at Lafeld (July 1747). The troops in the background are French regiments, see the white French royal flags. A soldier with a 'sponton' (officer) or a halberd (petty officer) can be seen on one of the lines. The composite, ornamental border around the performances is particularly striking. In addition to the military attributes that one would expect on such a range, various vegetables, including radish, eggplant, pumpkin and beans, are displayed prominently in the center

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