As their name would suggest, folding fans will fold down to a compact ... you can’t go wrong with these silk hand fans with bamboo handles — they come in 18 different hues, ranging from ...

The “Great Wave” folding fan from the Fine Arts Museums ... fan used by Ms. Dunst in “Marie Antoinette” is a pink silk hand fan with a pleasing rose-colored tassel from the Etsy store ...

Folding fans were made with sticks of bone, ivory, bamboo, wood, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, lacquer, metal or more recently, plastic. They held a decorated cover of silk, paper, leather or ...

All counted fans among their most prized possessions–from showy arrays of ostrich plumes to webs of silk as fragile as ... in formal papal processions. Folding fans are thought to have ...

the exhibit features 26 items that were culled from the Palmer Museum’s collection of more than 70 intricately designed hand and folding fans and chosen either for their beauty or for their novelty.

Hand fans have two general categories according ... Folding fans (“折扇” zhÄ› shàn) (can be freely opened): Silk folding fans, paper folding fans, sandalwood fans, and so on.

The quintessential Japanese hand fans, uchiwa and sensu, can be used all year round, but they are most often seen in summer.As well as creating a cooling breeze, these fans can act as a stylish ...