How to amuse yourself and others. The American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 198
, and she made a rule thatno present save a fan should be accepted by English queensfrom their subjects. Although held in such high esteem, it is only since the in-flux of any and every thing Japanese that we have had fans insuch profusion, and have discovered how effective they arewhen used for… … part. 78 Summer. themselves, and have for use or for the adornment of theirrooms those of various shapes, sizes, and colors. The first fan represented here ismade in the formof a butterfly. Theprincipal articlesnecessary for itsmanufacture are astrip of smooth,brown wrapping-paper, stiff enoughto…
Amusements · Interior decoration
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