Winged Dragon in Pink & Silver Burlesque It is made from Japanese

It is made from Japanese paper

This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American evening dress from ca

in pale green silk

the original is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

each cut out separately and stitched

Winged Dragon in Pink & Silver Burlesque It is made from JapaneseThis legless winged dragon is from a 1742 book by Charles Owen, titled An Essay towards a Natural History of Serpents: In Two Parts. It is further subtitled Illustrated with Copper Plates, Engraved by the Best Hands: The Whole Intermixd with Variety of Entertaining Digressions, Philosophical and Historical. The dragon is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any