Ostrich in strawberries on black KCI like many dresses from the

like many dresses from the 1930s

Materials: Nepalese lokta and Thai Kozo papers

The original dress is held by the Kyoto Costume Institute (accession AC9206 95-7)

1900 and is held by the McCord-Stewart Museum (accession M977

These tall button boots are from a late Victorian design sold by Jack Jacobus Ltd

Ostrich in strawberries on black KCI like many dresses from theThis 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