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清朝末期，雕刻精美、描绘华丽的折扇大量在中国广东生产，后被西方商人青睐。运往欧洲和美国后成为西方贵妇的重要时尚配件(accessories)。中国折扇的材质多为镂雕精巧的象牙、珍珠贝壳、漆木(lacquer wood)。扇面上描绘了众多清朝官员及夫人的形象。因为具有神秘的东方情调，当时西方中上层贵妇人手一把，以此来炫耀自己的财富和高贵。



  During the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of Chinese folding fans that were exquisitely carved and gorgeously painted were produced in Canton (now called Guangdong). Later these fans were in good graces of western merchants and became fashion accessories for noblewomen after they were shipped to Europe and America. The materials which were used to make Chinese folding fans were mostly exquisitely carved ivory, pearls and shells and lacquer wood. Many images of officials and their wives in Qing Dynasty were painted on these fans. Due to the mysterious oriental sentiment presented by such fans, each lady in upper-middle class family at that time owned a Chinese folding fan to show off her wealth and nobility.