Featured on PDR in the essay As Bright as a Feather: Ostriches, Home Dyeing, and the Global Plume Trade
In the 19th century, dyed ostrich feathers were haute couture, adorning the hats and boas of fashionistas on both sides of the Atlantic. Whitney Rakich examines the far-reaching ostrich industry through a peculiar do-it-yourself-style book: Alexander Paul’s The Practical Ostrich Feather Dyer (1888), a text interleaved with richly colored specimens.
Also appearing in the essay…
Plucking the beautiful plumage from the famous biped of the desert, South Africa
Date
1900
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