Dress #004: Victorian dress in black, lime and pale rose 1920s and 1930s dress Based on an 1804 illustration

Based on an 1804 illustration of Ursus Maritimus / L’Ours Polaire from ‘La Ménagerie Du Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle Ou Description Et Histoire Des Animaux Qui Y Vivent Et Qui Y Ont Vécu’

stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

Materials: Nepalese paper

Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from ‘The Natural History of Carolina

and the lace edging of the top

Dress #004: Victorian dress in black, lime and pale rose 1920s and 1930s dress Based on an 1804 illustrationThe dress is made from chiyogami (Japanese paper), and is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper; the dress design is from Lord & Taylor's 'Dresses and Bonnets and Ribbons' (1870). The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper.