Blacker
Pattern as per William Blacker
Dressed by Alberto Calzolari
Italy
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Tag:
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Gold tinsel and blue and orange silk.
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Tail:
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A topping and golden pheasant sword fibers.
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Butt:
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Black ostrich herl.
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Body:
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1/4 of yellow mohair with the remainder of puce silk.
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Ribs:
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Two turns of fine oval gold tinsel over the yellow and flat
gold tinsel with oval silver tinsel over the silk (five turns).
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Hackle:
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Yellow over the yellow mohair and dark claret over the silk.
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Throat:
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Yellow macaw body feather.
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Wings:
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Scarlet macaw body feather that has a tip of blue and green; argus pheasant, golden pheasant tail and peacock wing married together as a side veiling to the underwings. Scarlet and blue macaw and more peacock wing married together and tied in along the top of the wings with short golden pheasant tippet fibers at the head in front.
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Horns:
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Blue and yellow macaw.
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Head:
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Black.
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