Real Taxidermied Bird on a Fashionable Hat, 1890s - Unique Carte de Visite - 1890s Fashion Burr_truss Formal First Communion Portrait of

Formal First Communion Portrait of a Girl In Communion Dress And Veil

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Real Taxidermied Bird on a Fashionable Hat, 1890s - Unique Carte de Visite - 1890s Fashion Burr_truss Formal First Communion Portrait ofThis fashionable lady is dressed to the nines in turn of the century hat! Well to do ladies in the 1890s wore elaborate, sculptural hats many of which featured actual bird feathers or the whole bird! Look closely, you can see this lady has adorned her hat with a taxidermied bird, likely a dove! Despite the macabre nature of this fad, ladies' fashion at this time conveyed feminine values through light, delicate, and often elaborate fashion as seen in