Feather Tree Class
November 4th 2006 at the Johnson Creek Library
The class was taught by Lisa Spangler, owner of Tree-ditions 414-355-2482
- Feather Trees are an early form of artificial Christmas tree originally created in Germany in the 19th century because of concerns about deforestation. .
- The trees were designed to look like the white pines of the German forestland.
- They are created by wrapping specially prepared and often dyed goose feathers around a stiff wire form to become the branches of the tree.
- They have quite a bit of space between their branches and are excellent for showing off ornaments.
- Many of the early feather trees brought by the German Immigrants were tabletop trees.
- The first feather trees came to the U.S. in 1913, in the Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog.