In the 91 x 72 cm portrait, Rembrandt is wearing a black velvet cap with two ostrich feathers, a decorative metal band worn round the neck and a short, decorated velvet cape.

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The back-combing and gluing of the feathers seems very similar to the two dead birds we have previously recovered and had samples returned for.

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When he received the notice to kill his unsold chickens, Mr. Shi and co-workers grabbed the yellow birds one at a time, cut their necks and removed their feathers, then tossed the remains into one of two large, blue plastic containers for disposal.

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She was probably never more herself than when descending the grand staircase at London's Palace Theatre, where she played for two unbroken years, with huge pink plumes bobbing on her head and 20 feet of ostrich feathers slithering behind her.

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Outerwear came in one of two iterations there were oversized, mannish coats (some dipped in glittering crystals, others sprouting feathers at the sleeves), and floor-sweeping duster coats (some with mink trims, others mink all over).

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