For the Birds
Since man began painting on cave walls over 2000 years ago, bird images have been an ever present design embellishment in the home
![Apache cave painting](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Apache-cave-painting.jpg)
![Petra bird cave paitings](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Petra-bird-cave-paitings.jpg)
Fashionable bird décor reached extraordinary heights during the Victorian era with feathers, bird cages, paintings and aviary dioramas filling every corner of the home.
![Entrance hall Chester Wickwire House Cortland New York Photograph 1890-1900](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Entrance-hall-Chester-Wickwire-House-Cortland-New-York-Photograph-18901900.jpg)
![Victorian bird diorama](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Victorian-bird-diorama.jpg)
Today, a more delicate and graceful approach is taken when designing with birds
![Thibaut Augustine Wallpaper](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Thibaut-Augustine-Wallpaper.jpg)
![](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Schumacher-bird-wallpaper.jpg)
For a less permanent bird images various types of art for the walls
![Uttermost Perching Birds Mirror](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Uttermost-Perching-Birds-Mirror.jpg)
Stylized bird fabrics for a casual look from Duralee fabrics
Bird pillows flock together
![Eastern Accents Eli Bird pillow](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Eastern-Accents-Eli-Bird-pillow-modified.jpg)
Bird object d’art
![Oiva Toikka Glass Bird from IITTALA](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Oiva-Toikka-Glass-Bird-from-IITTALA.jpg)
Mr. H says:It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds-Enjoy!
Jennifer,
This is well done. Can I use it for my History of Design Class at the Art Institute? My students are always fascinated by individual trends in Victorian times. Thanks,
Jane
Of course-thanks Jane!