{"id":398,"date":"2015-03-22T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/22\/feather-embellishments-2\/"},"modified":"2015-03-22T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T20:47:00","slug":"feather-embellishments-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/feather-embellishments-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Feather Embellishments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThis morning I was awakened by the chirping of birds outside
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\nBirds are migrating north and house finches are building nests
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\nEarly humans embellished their textiles as aesthetic
\nexpressions of their individuality or clan identity.  Feathers, beads and shells were popular materials used for this
\npurpose.  Feathers, while plentiful were
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\nMany examples of early feather embellishment are well
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\nSo popular were these garments that many birds were led to extinction, such as the  New Zealand Moa.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nExotic birds produced splendid feathers that were
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\nPassenger Pigeon feathers were in great demand in the 19th C as adornments, especially for womens hats.  While they were, at one time, the most populous bird in, perhaps, all the world they,too, fell into extinction.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nOstritch  feathers, because of there strength and size were popular materials for fans.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nAdvertisement from Sears and Roebuck & Co. catalog, Fall, 1900 featuring assorted feathers and whole parrots, available in either black or green, also colored pigeons.  The price, a whopping 59 cents.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nToday, couturier creations feature opulent garments adorned
\nwith masses of beads, sequins, pearls, lace and feathers.  While these are pieces of modern textile art
\nthey are not practical for the average wearer and feathered embellishments are
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\nFeathers can be purchased from craft shops as well as on-line.  Or you can gather them from under your bird feeders.<\/span><\/div>\n
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