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John Brooker, Fan Maker of East Rudham in Norfolk, UK began
making fans in 1984. In 1987 he became a
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers, one of the
Ancient Liveries of the City of London.
Complementing his skills as a restorer and repairer of antique
fans, his skills as a traditional maker, along with those of his
wife Pippa, a graphic designer, were in demand by the producers of
Film, Television and Theatre to whom he offered reproductions of
period fan designs from the 16th - 20th century. They retired in
April 2006.
Their work has appeared in :
Sense & Sensibility,
Poldark, Restoration, Marie Antoinette,
Moll Flanders, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The
Serpents Kiss, The Fight Master, St.Ives, Elizabeth
1st., Shakespeare in Love, Ideal Husband, Topsy
Turvy, Alice in Wonderland, The Clandestine
Marriage, The Aristocrats, The Golden Bowl, The
Patriot, The Affair of the Necklace, Monte
Cristo, Lorna Doone, The Abduction Club, and
most recently, the film of The Phantom of the Opera.
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