PUBLISHERS' NOTE

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

ILLUSTRATIONS IN HALF-TONE

ILLUSTRATIONS IN LINE

CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN AND USES OF THE FAN

CHAPTER II FANS OF THE ANCIENTS EGYPT

CHAPTER III FANS OF THE FAR EAST INDIA

CHAPTER IV FANS OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLES

CHAPTER V THE FLABELLUM AND EARLY FEATHER-FAN

CHAPTER VI PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (ITALIAN AND SPANISH)

CHAPTER VII PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (FRENCH)

CHAPTER VIII PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH

CHAPTER IX ENGRAVED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. PART I

CHAPTER X ENGRAVED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. PART II.

CHAPTER XI MODERN AND PRESENT-DAY FANS

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HISTORY OF THE FAN

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HISTORY OF
THE FAN

BY G. WOOLLISCROFT RHEAD

R.E.; HON. A.R.C.A. LOND.; AUTHOR OF ‘THE PRINCIPLES
OF DESIGN’; ‘A HANDBOOK OF ETCHING’; ‘THE TREATMENT
OF DRAPERY IN ART’; ‘STUDIES IN PLANT FORM’;
‘CHATS ON COSTUME,’ ETC.; JOINT AUTHOR OF
‘STAFFORDSHIRE POTS AND POTTERS’;
‘BRITISH POTTERY MARKS’