Mr Monkey at the Fan Museum, 11th February

"The trick is folding it so it will unfold later"

Mr Monkey looking at the fan montures Mr Monkey looking at different ways of folding the leaf of a fan

Mr Monkey studied a display of classic European fans, showing the construction of montures (the bones of the fan). Then he saw a surprising number of ways of folding the leaf (the paper bit) so it can be fitted to the monture.

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