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Near Fine. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Oblong: 10.5 by 8 inches; 270 pages with 100 color plates with descriptions facing. In a brief introduction, the history of the fan is succinctly traced: from its rise to prominence as a fashion accessory in the 16th century, when Henri III of France first used one at court, to its demise during World War I, when such luxury items, not considered patriotic, went out of style. Those with a keen interest in the decorative arts will be delighted by this book. Descriptions of iconography and information on approximate date of design, country of origin and materials used accompany excellent photographs of the pieces. The variety include fans made of lace, feathers, silver, tortoiseshell, paper and ivory, decorated with depictions of classical subjects, balloons and balloonists, a stagecoach robbery, scenes of daily lifeeven a satiric commemorative of Prime Minister Walpole's controversial excise-tax measure of 1733.
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Fine. The Collection of Esther Oldham and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, c1988. 270pp., 45 images of fans. Rectangular 8vo. Small sticker shadow upper edge of first page, else fine unread softcover, uncreased spine.
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Fine in None Issued jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. 1st Printing. This is a Fine copy of the first edition (paperback) 1st printing). Illustrated in full color throughout. The catalog for the museum exhibition. Includes Index & Bibliography.
