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Clothing and Textiles Collection: Hat Collection

Posted by Merle on March 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Category Collections Visits, Spotlight · Tagged with affect, Bird of Paradise Hat, Dead Birds, Fashion, Fashion Exhibition, Fashioning Feathers, Feathered Hats, hat with bird, material culture, material geographies, Merle Patchett, Millinery Crafts, Millinery Feather, Millinery Prepared Birds of Paradise Skins, Museums, Taxidermy, Taxidermy Art, the Plumage Trade, University of Alberta Clothing and Textiles Collection, Women

Plumes that Pay

Posted by Merle on January 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A poem from the Sorrowful Rhymes of Working Children How doth the manufacturer Improve the ostrich tail? By willowing the scraggy ends Until they’re fit for sale. How cheerfully he sits and smiles Throughout the livelong day, While children knot the tiny flues And make the plumes that pay. ‘Willowing’ consists of lengthening the short … Continue reading →

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