For #Feathersday:
Caroline Conyers (British, 1768 - 1848)
Study of four feathers with white currants
n.d.
pencil, watercolor and bodycolor
22.3 x 18.4 cm (8.75 x 7.25 in.)
private collection
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=645085820991811
#womenartists #naturalhistoryart #sciart

From #Woodensday into #Feathersday:
Tä'üs (mayûri), India, c.1885
wood, parchment, metal, feathers
“The name of this bowed instrument means #peacock, the bird associated with the music goddess Saraswati. Popular at 19th c. courts, it derives its form from the dilruba, an instrument combining features of other Indian stringed instruments like the sarangi and the sitar.”
Metropolitan Musuem of Art collection

A special #Feathersday for #ChagPesachSameach: The Bird's Head Hagaddah c. 1300, the oldest surviving illuminated #Ashkenazi #Passover #Haggadah, named for its depiction of human figures with #bird heads. In this scene they're baking #matzo!

Israel Museum collection:https://imj.org.il/en/collections/199815-0
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-birds-head-haggadah-scribe-menahem/BgHiieuz1IC0Bw

More for #WorldBookDay + #Feathersday: #birds on #Victorian era gold embossed book bindings from the National Library of New Zealand collection: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5BVjZE
1. The Blue Bird 1911
2. Pride and Prejudice 1894
3. Reynard the Fox 1895
4. Tales of the Punjab 1894

For #WorldBookDay and #Feathersday, here is the #ArtNouveau inspired cover of _Sketch-book of British birds_ by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (English, 1847-1909), London, 1898. Digitized by BHL:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209582#page/1/mode/1up

Ooo! There's a #Feathersday now! Well, allow me to present one of the delightful boys from the local Cataract Gorge Reserve in Launceston.

For #Feathersday: Cloisonné jar with #peacock #feather design by Kawade Shibatarō (Japanese, 1856–1921), c. 1905, private collection.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cloisonn%C3%A9_jar_with_peacock_feather_design_by_Kawade_Shibataro.JPG

For #Feathersday: Some selections from the #Kingfisher Headdresses from #China exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago showcasing #tian-tsui, the traditional Chinese fine art of using the highly prized iridescent blue #feathers of regional Kingfisher species (Alcedinidae).

First up: Cap, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th c. Gold wire, kingfisher feathers, amber, coral, jadeite, ivory, glass, silk.

For #Feathersday, here is an 1898 #ArtNouveau #peacock feather belt buckle by Philippe Wolfers (Belgian, 1858–1929) crafted from gold, opal, ruby, and diamond.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philippe_Wolfers_-_Peacock_feather_belt_buckle_-_1898_-_Collectie_Koning_Boudewijnstichting_-_Fonds_Braet-Buys-Bartholemus.jpg

For #Feathersday: 2 examples of kuluh khuds (cap helmets) with built-in plume holders, here adorned with #peacock feathers:
1. #Persian, 17th-18th c., steel & gold
2. #Abyssinian, 18th-19th c., steel & enamel
Both photographed on display at the Reading Public Museum (PA, USA).
More info: http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/24834/
http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/24830/kulah-khud-helmet

For #Feathersday: “EVOLUTION OF THE EYES ON A PEACOCK’S TRAIN.” Plate LXXXVII in _A Monograph of the Pheasants_ V.4, 1922.
BHL collection: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40819480