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feathers (animal components)

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: The component structures of the outer covering and flight surfaces of all modern birds and some dinosaurs, apparently having evolved from the scales of reptilian ancestors. The many different types of feathers are variously specialized for insulation, flight, formation of body contours, display, and sensory reception. The typical feather consists of a central shaft (rachis), with serial paired branches (barbs) forming a flattened, usually curved surface (the vane). The barbs possess further branches, the barbules.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Audubon Prints, January 13-February 13, 1944

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An exhibition of 9 prints by French-American artist and nineteenth-century naturalist John James Audubon, accompanied by watercolors, drawings, sea shells, birds feathers, butterflies, and other insects, arranged by the San Francisco Academy of Sciences. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: January 13-February 13, 1944

Birds of a Feather: Paintings and Prints, September 27-November 16, 1952

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An exhibition of paintings and prints of birds. The exhibition records span one folder of registration receipts and photographs.

Dates: September 27-November 16, 1952

Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds: Fancies of Fashion in Former Centuries, September 10-October 5, 1957

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of prints and objects surveying feathers in fashion history. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: September 10-October 5, 1957

Flight of the Image: An Exhibition of Feathers, September 27-November 16, 1952

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An exhibition examining the use and imagery of feathers in art and objects across cultures, including native and indigenous cultures of North America, South America, the South Pacific, and Hawaii. As well as feathers in circus paraphernalia and Victorian styles, bird specimens, and various clothing and art objects. The exhibition records span eight folders plus a catalog, clippings, and photographs.

Dates: September 27-November 16, 1952