The earliest record for the Fan Makers Company is in 1670 when they raised a petition to Parliament complaining about the threat to their industry from foreign imports. The Fan Makers' Hall in Red Cross Street was used from 1710 until it was destroyed in WW2 on 29th December 1940. The picture source website gives a history.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Fan Makers' Company Hall
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Fan makers
The Fan Makers' Company met in their Common Hall in Red Cross Street to adopt...
Huguenot fan makers
This plaque may correctly show where fan makers settled but their Hall was so...
Other Subjects
John Arnold
Watchmaker and inventor. Probably born in Bodmin, Cornwall (his birth year is approximate). After being apprenticed to his clockmaker father, he worked in the Netherlands. He was the first to desig...
Thomas Chippendale, senior
Cabinet maker. Born Otley, Yorkshire. The picture shows the statue at his birthplace. His first 30 years are undocumented. His 1754 publication "The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director" has been...
Gordon W. Newton
A stonemason with a business in East Farleigh, Maidstone: The Stone Shop. Now aided by his daughter, he has generously taken it on himself to ensure the Stephen Lawrence memorial is repaired and we...
Bernard Schmidt
Organ builder. Born Germany. Came to England in about 1660. Known as Father Smith.
Zaehnsdorf bookbinders
From the research published by the Seven Dials Trust: "Zaehnsdorfs was founded in London in 1841 by Joseh Zaehnsdorf. In 1862 he received an honourable mention at the London International Exhibitio...
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