Penguin in Blue & Chartreuse Stripes Shoes and boots This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown

This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American mourning dress from 1872-1874

The faint shimmer of handmade purple Japanese papers evokes the silk crepe of the underdress and silk velvet of the tabard

in Great Britain

– in such a creation

and silk floss on cotton paper

Penguin in Blue & Chartreuse Stripes Shoes and boots This hand-stitched Victorian paper gownBased on a 1792 illustration of Pinguinaria patachonica (Penguin) from Musei Leveriani Explicatio, Anglica Et Latina. The penguin 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: Nepalese paper, glass bead, and cotton floss on cotton paper.