Penguin in Blue and Silver Filigree Edwardian dress This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress

This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress is made from pale pink Japanese paper

by artists who had never seen the real thing

including evening dresses

as waists dropped and sleeves and skirts filled out

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a green wool mohair sheath made by Charles James in 1952-1953 as a sample for New York ready-to-wear manufacturer Samuel Winston

Penguin in Blue and Silver Filigree Edwardian dress This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dressBased on a 1792 illustration of Pinguinaria patachonica (Penguin) from Musei Leveriani Explicatio, Anglica Et Latina. The penguin is 4. 75 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton 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, glass bead, and cotton floss on cotton paper.