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Victorian Courtship - fans #91
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th February 2025 in Growing Up In Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,History,victorian era,Social history,Fan,Amazon,my dad bought a mansion,Duvelleroy,Queen Victoria,Fanology,Kiss,Marriage,Love,Valentine Day,Tuileries Palace
...handle to lips ……………………………......... Kiss me
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In the early 1800s, the fan was losing popularity as a fashion accessory but was soon brought back into fashion due to its use in a single dance at a Ball given by the Duchess de Berry at the Tuileries Palace in France in 1829. The aristocracy could be very influential in those times and clearly this helped launch the fan anew. Also, in the 1850s the French fan maker Duvelleroy, the official fan supplier to Queen Victoria, published a leaflet explaining the langua...