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Fans.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Parkstone International, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (481 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781781608203
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: FansDDC classification:
  • 709
LOC classification:
  • N7255
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- The Language of the Fan in the Eighteenth Century -- The Language of the Fan in the Nineteenth Century -- Fans in Russia -- List of Illustrations.
Summary: Besides its practical uses in regions across the globe, the fan has a long history as a fashion item, with new shapes, materials, and colours constantly being created. This book portrays the most artistic examples from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The imaginative shapes and expensive materials of fans are usually decorated with peculiar images of social events, icons, and music notes. Through its practical format, this book is an ideal gift for any lover of fashion and cultural objects.
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Besides its practical uses in regions across the globe, the fan has a long history as a fashion item, with new shapes, materials, and colours constantly being created. This book portrays the most artistic examples from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The imaginative shapes and expensive materials of fans are usually decorated with peculiar images of social events, icons, and music notes. Through its practical format, this book is an ideal gift for any lover of fashion and cultural objects.

Intro -- The Language of the Fan in the Eighteenth Century -- The Language of the Fan in the Nineteenth Century -- Fans in Russia -- List of Illustrations.

Besides its practical uses in regions across the globe, the fan has a long history as a fashion item, with new shapes, materials, and colours constantly being created. This book portrays the most artistic examples from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The imaginative shapes and expensive materials of fans are usually decorated with peculiar images of social events, icons, and music notes. Through its practical format, this book is an ideal gift for any lover of fashion and cultural objects.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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