[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1914 French Feather Industry & Fashion

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

“Le Commerce et l'Industrie de la Plume pour Parure”

By Edmond Lefevre.
Published in Paris by the author in 1914.

My how those Art Nouveau-era ladies loved their feather-plumed hats! And 
it did not start with Fin-de-Siecle Paris, either. Men and women have 
always loved colorful bird plumage, as this comprehensive study 
illustrates. It includes both a history of the decorative use of 
feathers in fashion, and a survey of the state of the industry around 
the world as it existed just before World War One, with information on 
leading firms, the birds that were used, and their products. Lefevre was 
the President of the Comite d'Ornithologie Economique.

An uncommon title.

Softcover. 7.5"x11", 363 + pages, black & white illustrations; 
bibliography.  Original softcovers, light soil and wear; a fragile 
binding, printed on heavy, coated stock and not meant to have been kept 
in softcovers this long. Binding splitting in a few places but intact so 
far, though the spine has damage.  $125

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