Fans in fashion : selections from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Name/Title

Fans in fashion : selections from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Entry/Object ID

GT2150.F46 1981

Context

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums, May 23-Aug. 30, 1981.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Suzanne Stassevitch

Notes

Gift of Suzanne Stassevitch, August 2022.

Lexicon

Search Terms

fans, museum catalogs

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

Anna G. Bennett, Ruth Berson, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Publisher

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, C.E. Tuttle Inc.

Place Published

City

San Francisco, CA, Rutland, VT

Date Published

1981

ISBN

0884010376

LCCN

81065612

Notes

Length: 126

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Introduction. The hand of Venus: The historical role of fans -- The celestial vision: The folding fan from Asia -- Cryptic communicators -- An assemblage of parts -- Catalogue. Dreams and daily life: Fans 1700-1800 -- Romantic revivals and final forms: Fans 1800-1920.