Penguin in Blue & Chartreuse Stripes Shoes and boots This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown

This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American mourning dress from 1872-1874

The body of the dress is made from a Japanese paper embedded with strands of shiny rayon fibres

in Great Britain

This hand-stitched paper 1920s dress is made from wine and gold chiyogami (Japanese paper) chosen to echo the Bordeaux wool of the original The design is based on an afternoon dress from Berthe Hermance

Materials: Nepalese and Japanese paper

Penguin in Blue & Chartreuse Stripes Shoes and boots This hand-stitched Victorian paper gownBased 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: Nepalese paper, glass bead, and cotton floss on cotton paper.