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Pelerine, feathers from peacock and domestic fowl hand-stitched to cotton, lined with down covered cotton fabric, Britain, 1830s. Pattern of triangles and half-moons made up of green and blue peacock feathers, while surrounding feathers are from a range o

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Pelerine, feathers from peacock and domestic fowl hand-stitched to cotton, lined with down covered cotton fabric, Britain, 1830s. Pattern of triangles and half-moons made up of green and blue peacock feathers, while surrounding feathers are from a range of domestic fowl. Each feather has been attached by hand to cotton buckram, which in turn is lined with a softer cotton fabric covered by tufts of white down. The edge of the latter has been turned back and stitched coarsely.  Feathers and down hand-stitched to cotton buckram and cotton fabric.
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Title: Pelerine, feathers from peacock and domestic fowl hand-stitched to cotton, lined with down covered cotton fabric, Britain, 1830s. Pattern of triangles and half-moons made up of green and blue peacock feathers, while surrounding feathers are from a range o
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Pelerine, feathers from peacock and domestic fowl hand-stitched to cotton, lined with down covered cotton fabric, Britain, 1830s.
 Pattern of triangles and half-moons made up of green and blue peacock feathers, while surrounding feathers are from a range of domestic fowl.
Each feather has been attached by hand to cotton buckram, which in turn is lined with a softer cotton fabric covered by tufts of white down.
The edge of the latter has been turned back and stitched coarsely.
  Feathers and down hand-stitched to cotton buckram and cotton fabric.

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