Throughout history, people have admired bird feathers for their exquisite beauty.
It even recommends that people begin by cleaning feathers with a lukewarm solution of olive oil soap and ammonia.
A 2oth-century sample book calledShades on Feathersillustrates how to dye white bird feathers.
It includes 143 feathers in a rainbow spectrum of colors that were each hand dyed.
The book instructs people on how to dye white feathers into a variety of hues.
