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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maaike van der Velde, post: 13125962, member: 114671&quot;]The pattern is what caught my eye—it almost looks like a patchwork quilt at first glance. There’s a lovely detail in the museum link 2manybooks shared: on their example, the stripes and border were created using the natural colours of the male ducks’ plumage, with the outer feathers removed to leave the soft down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine the patience involved in selecting and arranging those skins. Keeping warm is one thing, but someone clearly put a lot of thought into making it beautiful too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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