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Fixed fans with feathers set into a handle were the norm in the first half of the 17th century before folding fans gained in popularity, and were revived in the late 1830s and early 40s. Feather fans were also popular in the 1870s and 1890s.

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Dinner or opera dress and home morning dress, 1839, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum - NPG D47757

Dinner or opera dress and home morning dress, 1839

published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, published May 1839
NPG D47757

Ball and dinner dresses, September 1840, published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum, first published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes - NPG D47863

Ball and dinner dresses, September 1840

published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum, first published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, published September 1840
NPG D47863