'Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews and a Lost World of Global Commerce' (Sarah Abrevaya Stein)

Publisher:
Oxford Journals, Oxford University Press
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Journal of Design History, 2010, 23 (4), pp. 432 - 435
Issue Date:
2010-01
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Women's enormous Belle Epoque picture hats with their sweeping ostrich feather sprays, the falling ostrich capes and the stylish aigrettes of the years just before the Great War were not simply conjured up by 'man milliners' and 'madame' dressmakers working in cities and towns around the world. The components of these pure white or rainbow confections came from somewhere.
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