Panel of 9 feather hat compositions – Spring collection, 1960
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These nine feather compositions come from the feather and fashion ornament manufacturer A. MEYER & Cie (Paris) — part of their Spring 1960 collection.
They were originally intended to adorn hats, in that golden age when headwear was still a fully-fledged medium of stylistic expression.
Each arrangement blends textures, shapes, and colours with an almost entomological precision. Pheasant, guinea fow or emu … a feathered inventory of vanished elegance.
The ensemble is framed like a fashion herbarium, preserving these delicate bouquets somewhere between craftsmanship and ceremonial plumage.
They were originally intended to adorn hats, in that golden age when headwear was still a fully-fledged medium of stylistic expression.
Each arrangement blends textures, shapes, and colours with an almost entomological precision. Pheasant, guinea fow or emu … a feathered inventory of vanished elegance.
The ensemble is framed like a fashion herbarium, preserving these delicate bouquets somewhere between craftsmanship and ceremonial plumage.
