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Hair ornaments such as this, of white marabou
feathers tipped with silk, had become very popular by the mid-nineteenth century.
In 1848 The Lady's Newspaper observed: "By ladies of more mature years,
feathers are much worn in the hair in full dress. Marabouts [sic], either
white or colored, have a very pretty effect when disposed in the style called
à la Italienne, that is to say, fixed on each side of the head as
to droop and curl round . . . ." The lady's hair ornament is currently on view
in the exhibition "Costume
and Character in the Age of Ingres."
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