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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 613964, member: 8267&quot;]Based on the sleeve style in the first photo, I would says 1890s. Feathers (and whole birds) were particularly popular on women&#039;s hats during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. &quot;In 1886, ornithologist Frank Chapman observed a remarkable number of bird-adorned hats in New York City. He noted that, among 700 ladies he observed, three-fourths of them wore 40 varieties of native birds, or bird parts.&quot;</p><p>The feather trade was so intense and destructive that it lead to passage of the Migratory Bird Act in 1918 in an effort to protect the poor birds.</p><p><a href="https://19thcenturyghosts.com/2015/12/15/the-victorian-penchant-for-plumage/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://19thcenturyghosts.com/2015/12/15/the-victorian-penchant-for-plumage/" rel="nofollow">https://19thcenturyghosts.com/2015/12/15/the-victorian-penchant-for-plumage/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/migratory-bird-act-anniversary-keeping-feathers-off-hats-180969077/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/migratory-bird-act-anniversary-keeping-feathers-off-hats-180969077/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/migratory-bird-act-anniversary-keeping-feathers-off-hats-180969077/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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