The giraffe is 4
Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from ‘The Natural History of Carolina
overlaid with Japanese Mizutama watermark tissue and accented with silver
from the May 1923 issue of 'Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme'
Based on Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 2009
Dress #042: Victorian dress in wine. 2015 PMA The giraffe is 4Based on a dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly: vol 2, no. 1 Spring 1883. Philadelphia, Penn: Strawbridge and Clothier, 1883. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 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: Japanese paper, glass beads, sequins, silk ribbon, and cotton floss on cotton paper