History of the Fan

About this eBook

Author

Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs

Subject

Fans

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46136

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46136

Release Date

June 29, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF THE FAN
2. 2.PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS IN HALF-TONE
7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS IN LINE
8. 8.CHAPTER I — THE ORIGIN AND USES OF THE FAN
9. 9.CHAPTER II — FANS OF THE ANCIENTS — EGYPT — FANS OF THE ANCIENTS— Continued — ASSYRIA — FANS OF THE ANCIENTS— Continued — GREECE AND ROME
10. 10.CHAPTER III — FANS OF THE FAR EAST — INDIA — FANS OF THE FAR EAST— Continued — CHINA — FANS OF THE FAR EAST— Continued — JAPAN
11. 11.CHAPTER IV — FANS OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLES
12. 12.CHAPTER V — THE FLABELLUM AND EARLY FEATHER-FAN
13. 13.CHAPTER VI — PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (ITALIAN AND SPANISH) — PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES— Continued — SPANISH
14. 14.CHAPTER VII — PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (FRENCH)
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII — PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. ENGLISH, DUTCH, FLEMISH, AND GERMAN.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX — ENGRAVED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. PART I
17. 17.CHAPTER X — ENGRAVED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. PART II.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI — MODERN AND PRESENT-DAY FANS
19. 19.FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.INDEX

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