A Focus on Paris

From Wednesday 27 March 2024, The Fan Museum opens its spring exhibition A Focus on Paris.

This exhibition aims to present a picture of Paris as a cultural hub of inventiveness and entrepreneurship. The diverse themes showcasing French fans from the 18^th to the early 20^th centuries shine a light on 18^th century fan craftsmanship and on 19^th century fan painters as well as depicting Paris as a city at the cutting edge of architectural, aviation and fashion development.   The turmoil of the end of the 18^th century and the more peaceful social revolution of the 1920s are also highlighted.

In a very small way, this exhibition begins to set the scene for the focus on a city that will become much more strongly headlined in the summer months when the Olympic Games are underway.

Wooden fan with printed cotton leaf, French, c. 1900, LDFAN2011.59.HA Mother of pearl fan with painted paper leaf, French, c. 1760-65, HA Collection 1710 Mother of pearl fan with painted paper leaf signed by Clairin, French, c. 1890, HA collection 1760 Bone folding fan with painted paper leaf, Franco-Spanish, c. 1830, LDFAN2018.15.HA