aigrette
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Other intriguing pieces included Chaumet’s narrow diamond tiara with a central opal, with an upstanding aigrette of white feathers rising from sapphire branches.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2012
Under the long, lemon-tinted gown and the towering headdress of aigrette plumes, the tall, tawny body is heavier now.
From Time Magazine Archive
The oval, shapely head bore proudly a black shako topped with aigrette plumes.
From Time Magazine Archive
From his hat sprouted a white aigrette, round his neck hung the flashing gold chain of the Collar of the Annunziata, on his breast blazed medals.
From Time Magazine Archive
A week before the marriage, the Duke and Duchess of Chartres sent me magnificent bracelets and a superb aigrette of diamonds for my daughter.
From Lives of Celebrated Women by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
