Fans to cool yourself off with at the Paris Olympics if you can’t swim fast enough to be in the pool. From the July email of Fan d’Eventails, Paris.

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Connivence sororal hand-fan. Bone sticks and guards, the painted leaf being embroidered with sequins and depicting a young woman adorning her sister’s hair with flowers. ca. 1900. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3928-connivence-sororal-fan-circa-1900.html

A paper hand-fan, the leaf engraved and painted with a depiction of an allegory of passion, with a group of Lovers busy around an altar, where a flaming heart burns, while a blindfolded Cupid flies overhead, armed with bow and torch. A cherub chops wood, while a second toddler feeds the hearth, and others tie ivy branches. ca. 1785-1790. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/18th-century-fans/3929-passion-fan-circa-1785-90.html
Hand-fan, the skin leaf depicting a festive scene at the signing of a marriage contract, after Watteau’s painting. Mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, the central medallion recalling Watteau’s embarkation for Cythère. ca. 1860. Signed J or L Lièvre with the initials ZB in bloom on the reverse. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3944-the-wedding-contract-after-watteau-fan-circa-1860.html
Painted and varnished bone brisé fan. ca, 1900, Signed Boillat or Buillat. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3952-to-the-rhythm-of-love-fan-circa-1900.html

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