{"id":371,"date":"2015-11-01T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/01\/fan-tas-tic-2\/"},"modified":"2015-11-01T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T20:16:00","slug":"fan-tas-tic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/fan-tas-tic-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Fan-tas-tic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nFantastic Fans<\/div>\n
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\nHand fans have been a fashion accessory for centuries.  We have all seen images of servants holding
\nlarge tropical leaves by the stem to cool the air around their master (and
\nprobably keep flying insects at bay).<\/div>\n
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\nAn Egyptian fan was found in a tomb and was constructed from
\npeacock feathers and a gold handle.<\/div>\n
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\nFans can be classified as Fixed (rigid and flat)<\/div>\n
\n                                        Folding<\/div>\n
\n                                        Oriental Brise (these fans
\nhave no leaves and are comprised of overlapping sticks, narrow at their bottom
\nand held together by a rivet) <\/div>\n
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Fixed fans from Japan. Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\nThe anatomy of a folding fan  :<\/div>\n
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    \n
  1. The
    \n leaf- a broad band connecting the upper sticks made of vellum, fabric,
    \n paper , or lace.  The leaf is
    \n usually decorated.<\/li>\n
  2. The
    \n guards \u2013 are the heavy, outside sticks used for protection<\/li>\n
  3. The
    \n sticks-also called ribs \u2013 serve as the inner frame, supporting the
    \n leaf.  They are made of shell,
    \n wood, ivory or bone.<\/li>\n
  4. The
    \n head \u2013 the lower portion of the fan. 
    \n A rivet goes through the head and holds the sticks so that they can
    \n pivot.<\/li>\n
  5. The
    \n loop-  a flat metal ring attached
    \n at the rivet.  Ribbon or tassels
    \n are attached to the loop<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nFolding fans came from Japan as early as the 6th<\/sup>-9th<\/sup>
    \nC.  Fans came to Europe in the
    \n1500\u2019s.  It is said Catherine de Medici
    \nintroduced the folding fan (from Italy) into France.  France then became the center of fan manufacturing and export for
    \nEurope from the 15thC through the early 20thC.<\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nEngland soon followed France in production, although England
    \nnever realized the status of 
    \nFrance.    In 1709 The Worshipful
    \nCompany of Fan Manufacturers was established in England.  The manufacture of the folding fan was a
    \nprocess involving as many as 20 workers. 
    \nMakers of guards and sticks shaped the material by hand until a French
    \ninventor in 1859 made a machine to do the cutting.  The leaf design was created by artists and these designs were
    \nlater copied at the factory.  After the
    \nleaves were pleated, the sticks were inserted and glued into place.<\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nBy the late 18thC nearly every woman in the western world
    \nowned a fan.<\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nThe fan is associated with specific body language, often
    \nreferred to as the \u201clanguage of the fan\u201d as the motion of the fan was thought
    \nto be a means of communication.  As a
    \nfashion accessory it defined femininity, denoted class and social status.<\/div>\n
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    \nCatalog from an Art Nouveau exhibition at The Fan Museum<\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nMany museums have very large collections of fans, including
    \nThe Hand Fan Museum of Heraldsburg Ca. and The Fan Museum of Greenwich, London UK<\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
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    The Fan and Lace,Beryl Melville, Lochlea Pub., 1991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nFurther information can also be found at the Fan Association
    \nof North America.<\/div>\n

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