Hawksbill Turtle in pink & red pansies bestiary held by the Metropolitan Museum

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

decorative papers

The belt is striped

It is based on an American dress from the early 1880s

Japanese tissue

Hawksbill Turtle in pink & red pansies bestiary held by the Metropolitan MuseumHawksbill turtles are very serious creatures. They like to pontificate, and can often be found lecturing nests of younger turtles. Or older turtles. Any turtles, really. They are the professors of the turtle world. Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. The turtle is 4. 5 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which