Ostrich in pink and silver Whale This hand-stitched Edwardian paper gown

This hand-stitched Edwardian paper gown is based on a French evening dress designed by Paul Poiret between 1912-1914

Materials: Japanese paper

I had two thoughts:

and pearl papers

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1973

Ostrich in pink and silver Whale This hand-stitched Edwardian paper gownThis ostrich is based on an illustration from Johann Daniel Meyers 1748 book Angenehmer Und Ntzlicher Zeit Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender, Fliegender Und Schwimmender, Auf Dem Land Und Im Wasser Sich Befindender Und Nhrender Thiere. In English, thats A pleasant and useful pastime, with the contemplation of curious ideas about all sorts of crawling, flying, and swimming animals, living and feeding on land and in