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Feather-fan, Nimroudix
Peacock-feather Fanxii
Head-piecexiii
Initial—Boy with Fan1
Tea-fan9
Initial—Vulture with Emblem of Protection10
Fire-fan, Colombia12
Portuguese ‘Abano’12
Plaited Hand-fan, Egyptian13
Hand-fan, Egyptian13
Hand-fan, Egyptian14
Fly-whisk, Egyptian14
Ceremonial Fans—from Rosellini15
Cere”monial F”ns16
Investiture of the Office of Fan-bearer17
Umbrella or Canopy of Chariot of Rameses III.19
Initial—Assyrian Fly-whisk20
Assyrian and Persian Fly-whisks21
Covers of Fly-whisks21
Tail-piece—from an Assyrian relief26
Initial—Greek Girl with Fan27
Greek Fans28
Greek Girl with Fan30
Tail-piece—Girl with Fan32
Initial—from printed Cotton Hanging, India33
Cingalese Sēsata37
Fly-whisk—from an illumination38
Fly-”whisk- from a painting on talc, Madras38
Emblem of Royalty39
Royal Standards40
Hand-fan41
Plaited-Grass Fan41
Flag-fan41
Talapat Fan and Pankhás42
Burmese Fan of Gold43
Portion of Embroidered Muslin (Chamba, Nineteenth Century)44
Fly-whisk used by Jains45
Circular Fan, ‘Like the Moon’46
Fan of Hsi Wang Mu (Japanese Painting, British Museum)47
Fan of Ming Dynasty (Painting, British Museum)47
White Plumed Fan of Hsi Wang Mu48
Two Pear-shaped Screens49
Initial—Japanese60
Feather-fan, Japanese Painting61
Hand-screen,Japa”nese P”nting61
Fly-whisk, Upper Nile77
Plaited Fans, South Pacific Islands79
Plaited Fans, Hawaiian80
Various Fans, Samoa81
Variou”s FansBritish Guiana81
Variou”s FansEcuador and Peru81
Variou”s FansSouth-Eastern Pacific81
Flag-fan, West Africa83
Fly-whisk, Andaman Islands85
Fly-”whiskTahiti85
Fly-”whiskMatabele86
Fly-”whiskEast African86
Angel with Flabellum87
Processional Flabellum88
Coptic Flabellum89
Flabellum, from Greek Psalter93
Flab”ellumfrom Goar94
Flab”ellumMonza96
Flag-fan, from Vatican (a glass vase)98
Banner-fan, from ivory diptich99
Ghost-fan, Malay Archipelago106
Fan of Ferrara, or Duck’s-foot107
Fragments of Fan from Château de Pierre109
Small Rigid Fans, 1590109
Feather-fan, Milan110
Diagram of parts of Folding-fan116
Rigid Screen of Bologna, 1590127
Fan of Rice-straw, Fifteenth Century138
Dimensions of Fans, 1550-1780148
Japanese Lady’s Court-fan175
Long-handled Feather-fan176
Ostrich-feather Folding-fan, Amsterdam196
Flag-fan, Titian204
Ivory Fan, Madras, Nineteenth Century231
Plaited Fan232
Hide-fan, from Benin271
Queen Kapiolani’s Fan272
From a Chinese Screen, Victoria and Albert Museum299

A Concert. Dutch, 1720-30, given by the Duke of Cobury to Princess Victoria (afterwards Queen) in 1836, from the collection of Fans at Gotha. H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.