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The Worshipful Company of Fan Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The company was incorporated by a Royal Charter in 1709, and it was granted livery by the Court of Aldermen in 1809.[1] As fan making is now done by machines rather than by craftsmen, the company is no longer a trade association for fan makers. Instead, the Company functions as a charitable establishment.

The Fan Makers' Company ranks seventy-sixth in the order of precedence for Livery Companies. Its motto is Arts and Trade United.

Coat of arms of Worshipful Company of Fan Makers
Crest
(Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Gules) a dexter hand couped below the wrist Proper holding a fan displayed Gold.[2]
Escutcheon
Or a fan displayed with a mount of various devices and colours the sticks Gules on a chief per pale Gules and Azure dexter a shaving iron over a bundle of fan sticks tied together Or and sinister a framed saw in pale Gold.

Further reading

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  • Fans of the Livery: An Exhibition of Fans from the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers. London: The Worshipful Company of Fan Makers. 2016. ISBN 978-1526203717.
  • Alexander, Hélène (2001). The Fan Museum. Lingfield: The Fan Museum, London in association with Third Millennium Publishing. ISBN 0954031911.

References

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  1. ^ "History of the Fanmakers", Worshipful Company of Fan Makers, Web.
  2. ^ "Fan Makers' Company - Letters Patent 1991". Baz Manning. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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