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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4303136, member: 2844&quot;]That is why we post links, but it is fun.</p><p>The Duvelleroy booklet was probably based on older Continental sources, because there was a 17th and 18th century fan language, at least in Continental Europe.</p><p>My book wasn&#039;t published by Duvelleroy, btw, but by a Dutch company. I have also seen a &#039;fan language instruction book&#039; in French.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who understand German, here is a German video on 18th century fan language (pre-Duvelleroy!), made for the 2013 exhibition &#039;Die Sprache der Fächer&#039; (the Language of Fans) in Oranienbaum Castle in DessauWörlitz.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]7G1CHeEtnFQ[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can also find evidence of 18th century fan language on paintings, btw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years I have posted quite a few links in other threads, I think it included one to the American association you mentioned. I don&#039;t intend to post them in every thread, but go on, feast your eyes on these collections:<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amis-musee-eventails.com/notre-collection/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amis-musee-eventails.com/notre-collection/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amis-musee-eventails.com/notre-collection/</a></p><p><a href="http://annehoguet.fr/home_en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://annehoguet.fr/home_en" rel="nofollow">http://annehoguet.fr/home_en</a></p><p><a href="https://www.faechermuseum.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.faechermuseum.de/" rel="nofollow">https://www.faechermuseum.de/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/</a></p><p>Fans in the V&amp;A, you can click on the photos for descriptions:</p><p><a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=fans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=fans" rel="nofollow">https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=fans</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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