The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-20
FAN NAMING As AN ARE
ToldlAE 10 the Nest Dl0sHlt Branch, and
We Have - Learn u Yes

We Have - Learn u Yet
Nobody in America has quite mastHred the
art Of folding fans, Thtt difficult art has been
developed best In the fne French fans that
are for sale at prices ranging from $50 to $500
apiece In folded fan the edges OF all the sticks
should be parallel aud even. tho shoulders
should DO Of equal height and the silken body
should DO snugly and svenlydisposed within tho
enclosing sideA A French fan maker. unique
among his fellowsshsviag mastered tho whole
artoffan making. came to this country not many
years ego and was employed by famous firm
to mako fans. He took charge Of . factory ana
was told to 60 shoad. He vas supplied with
skilled workmen and not uncomfortably lin
tied ~ to expenditure. For . few ySars the
i=story turned out excellent fans. Even the
folding was we'll done Then the bead work
man died and It was feared that With him had
almost persisted the art Of fan foldlng In this
country. but he LETT his secret behind him. Il
was very simple secret. the tools being prim.
tive enough and the process apparently not
difficult, but ~ the wholly art lies In the deli
cate manipulation that comes OF long practice.
his pl 70 has never really been Oiled By those
to whom he impaired his secret.
Fan painting OF the finer kind 10 almost as
little practlsed In this country as fan folding
The same firm that employed tho French
workman sought high and low in New York
for fan painter until young woman with
undoubted artistic genius was found. She had
Just sold painting for o largo sum. and she
was asked to paint three fans No limitations
In regard TO subject time. or price were dxed.
In the course Of time tn" work was done. but
1t never saw the light. Her genius was not for
fan painting.
Most OF the finer fans sold here are made In
Paris and In three or four suburban villages
near py No fan maker knows the whole art.
All the workers In one village make sticks:
those in another fold, those in third supply
the bows that hold the sticks together Tho
making Of the upper sticks ls O trade by itself.
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