CONTENTS

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PREFACE[ix]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[xiii]
CHAPTER I
THE ORIGIN AND USES OF THE FAN[1]
CHAPTER II
FANS OF THE ANCIENTS[10]
CHAPTER III
FANS OF THE FAR EAST[33]
CHAPTER IV
FANS OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLES[77]
CHAPTER V
THE FLABELLUM AND EARLY FEATHER-FAN[87]
CHAPTER VI

PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTHCENTURIES (ITALIAN AND SPANISH)

[107]
CHAPTER VII

PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTHCENTURIES (FRENCH)

[138]
CHAPTER VIII

PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (ENGLISH, DUTCH, FLEMISH, AND GERMAN)

[176]
CHAPTER IX

ENGRAVED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTHCENTURIES. PART I.

[204]
CHAPTER X

ENGRAVED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTHCENTURIES. PART II.

[232]
CHAPTER XI
MODERN AND PRESENT-DAY FANS[272]
INDEX[301]

PEACOCK-FEATHER FAN.
(From a Japanese Painting. British Museum.)