Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 429
Lamellar and the Folding fans have not.The Radial fan, being a folding fan with a handle, is a kind of inter-mediate form. The size of the fan varies according to fashion andthe purpose for which it is intended, regard being usually paid toconvenience of handling; as a general rule, it may be said… … The Fan. Plate 289. 416 The Fan. On the subject of history and style, the following may be said:The Fixed fan is the oldest and most primitive. Its natural model isa leaf on a stalk, just as savages at the present time make their fansof dried palm-leaves or of plaited work in the form of leaves…
Decoration and ornament · Art objects
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