Images of the fan have been depicted on Ancient ... yourself as a conspicuous member of the leisure class. The hand fan was exalted as “exotic,” and became symbolic of wealth and good style.

Some hand fans were marketed as covert flirtation tools during the Victorian Era, but the extent to which they were used that way is unknown. A lightweight fan for personalized cooling is probably ...

Can an air-conditioner do that? By Hilary Reid In the 19th century, Duvelleroy, a hand fan manufacturer in Paris, published a marketing pamphlet called “The Language of the Fan.” It featured a ...