History of the FanRhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft)
History
History of the Fan
Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft)
Fans
Plaited Hand-fan, Egyptian 13
Hand-fan, Egyptian 13
Hand-fan, Egyptian 14
Fly-whisk, Egyptian 14
Ceremonial Fans—from Rosellini 15
” ” 16
Investiture of the Office of Fan-bearer 17
Umbrella or Canopy of Chariot of Rameses III. 19
Initial—Assyrian Fly-whisk 20
Assyrian and Persian Fly-whisks 21
Covers of Fly-whisks 21
Tail-piece—from an Assyrian relief 26
Initial—Greek Girl with Fan 27
Greek Fans 28
Greek Girl with Fan 30
Tail-piece—Girl with Fan 32
Initial—from printed Cotton Hanging, India 33
Cingalese Sēsata 37
Fly-whisk—from an illumination 38
” from a painting on talc, Madras 38
Emblem of Royalty 39
Royal Standards 40
Hand-fan 41
Plaited-Grass Fan 41
Flag-fan 41
Talapat Fan and Pankhás 42
Burmese Fan of Gold 43
Portion of Embroidered Muslin (Chamba,
Nineteenth Century) 44
Fly-whisk used by Jains 45
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 Mu 48
Two Pear-shaped Screens 49
Initial—Japanese 60
Feather-fan, Japanese Painting 61
Hand-screen, ” ” 61
Fly-whisk, Upper Nile 77
Plaited Fans, South Pacific Islands 79
Plaited Fans, Hawaiian 80
Various Fans, Samoa 81
” British Guiana 81
” Ecuador and Peru 81
” South-Eastern Pacific 81
Flag-fan, West Africa 83
Fly-whisk, Andaman Islands 85
” Tahiti 85
” Matabele 86
” East African 86
Angel with Flabellum 87
Processional Flabellum 88
Coptic Flabellum 89
Flabellum, from Greek Psalter 93
” from Goar 94
” Monza 96
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