Chapter II: 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 EIGHTEENTH
CENTURIES (ITALIAN AND SPANISH) 107

CHAPTER VII

PAINTED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH
CENTURIES (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 EIGHTEENTH
CENTURIES. PART I. 204

CHAPTER X

ENGRAVED FANS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH
CENTURIES. PART II. 232