Did ladies’ fans in 18th and 19th century England carry hidden meanings? Many at the time certainly seemed to think so, and Martin Fone delves in to the history books and discovers that ‘so shall each passion by the fan be seen, from noisie anger to the sullen spleen.’
Fan making in Britain, according to Heritage Crafts, is an endangered craft, one that is unlikely to survive into the next generation, but during the golden age of hand fans no woman of style and…
