Swan
Designed by Charles Chute
Dressed by Michel Lajoie
Canada

Tag:    Oval silver tinsel and black silk.
Tail:    Golden pheasant crest and indian crow.
Butt:    White ostrich herl.
Body:    Flat silver tinsel.
Ribs:    Black silk with medium oval silver tinsel running on each side of silk.
Throat:    Guinea fowl.
Wings:    Five pairs of Amherst pheasant tippets, partially overlapping and partially veiling a pair of jungle cock feathers. A jungle cock feather is tied in between each pair of tippets.
Topping:    Golden pheasent topping.
Cheeks:    Junnle cock, Indian crow substitute, kingfisher. The original pattern calls for a rifle bird of paradise over the indian crow.
Horns:    Lady Amherst tail fibers.
Head:    Black.
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