Fan maker
Fan makers made fans to cool the face and protect against the sun and insects. In Germany, the folding fan (partial fan and folding fan ) replaced the so-called flag fan, which came to France from Spain and Italy in the 16th century. The sub -fan was an imitation of the old Japanese wooden "Hi-ogi" and made of wedge-shaped, narrow rods made of ivory , precious wood , tortoise shell or mother-of-pearl , which rotated around the common thorn at one end and were held together at the other end by a silk ribbon .
literature
- Rudi Palla: The lexicon of the lost professions . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-8289-4152-4 .