I welcome this opportunity of making what is an unusually long list of acknowledgments of help received. Firstly, to my Publishers for their enterprise, the admirable manner in which the book is produced, and for their uniform courtesy. Secondly, to the many owners of fans, these including the most exalted personages, who have so generously responded to my invitation to lend their fragile treasures.
My thanks are also due to the officials of the various Museums, those of the Print Room of the British, and the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museums; to Sir C. Purdon Clarke, C.I.E., F.S.A., and his son, Mr. Stanley Clarke of the India Museum; Dr. Peter Jessen of the Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin; Professor Pazaurek, Stuttgart; Dr. Hans W. Singer; to Sir George Birdwood, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., who has kindly read the three chapters on ancient fans; to Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie, D.C.L.; Mr. W. Holman Hunt, O.M., R.W.S.; Sir L. Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A.; the Rev. J. Foster, D.C.L.; the Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Fanmakers; the Librarian at Welbeck; Mr. Wilson Crewdson; Mr. W. Harding Smith; Mr. W. L. Behrens; Mr. R. Phené Spiers; Mr. G. F. Clausen; Mr. J. Ettlinger; Mons. J. Duvelleroy; Mr. H. Granville Fell; Mr. Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.; Mr. Talbot Hughes; Mr. Frank Falkner, for help in various ways; and last, though by no means least, to Mrs. E. P. Medley, for most valuable assistance in translation.
| London, 1909. | G. Woolliscroft Rhead. |
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| 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.)
