plumageryn.
/ˈpluːmᵻdʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈplumədʒ(ə)ri/ Now rare.
The art of working with feathers.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [noun] > work in specific medium
bonework1557
shell-work1611
rockwork1615
feather-work1665
quillwork1688
boss-work1697
ice work1729
wafer-work1789
filigree paper1800
feather-mosaic1843
cut paper1847
plumagery1854
leather-work1856
graffito1863
cuerda seca1911
papercraft1917
barbola1927
rosemaling1933
cuenca1939
penwork1969
1854 D. J. Macgowan in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 18 58 The ancient Mexicans excelled in the arts of plumagery or the art of working in feathers.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 204/2 The Chinese are now very skilful and ingenious in the art of plumagery or feather-working.
1963 E. H. Schafer Golden Peaches of Samarkand 307 It is reasonable to assume, in view of the other evidence of the importance of feathers here in ancient and modern times, that plumagery was a medieval as well as a modern specialty of Lingnan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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