This pink and white Elizabethan dress is made from Japanese paper embellished with glass beads and metallic thread
Based on Simplicity sewing pattern 5882 from ca
with silver tissue on the bodice and an overlay of Japanese tissue to imitate the sheer layer of silk tulle on the original
Based on a 1774 illustration of Dasypus tricinctus (Brazilian three-banded armadillo)’ from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’
My little paper darlings are based on a 1792 illustration from Bewick’s ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’
Giraffe in Florentine Greens 1920s and 1930s dress This pink and white ElizabethanBased on an 1824 illustration of the Giraffe femelle from Histoire Naturelle Des Mammiferes : Avec Des Figures Originales, Coloriees, Dessinees D'apresdes Animaux Vivans. The giraffe 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: Italian paper, glass bead, and cotton floss on cotton paper.