Ostrich in strawberries on black KCI like many dresses from the

like many dresses from the 1930s

The catalogue describes it as an “Embroidered French Gingham Dress Pattern

The original dress is held by the Kyoto Costume Institute (accession AC9206 95-7)

The bison is 4

with shimmering pearly paper forming the lace shirtwaist

Ostrich in strawberries on black KCI like many dresses from theThis ostrich is based on an illustration from Johann Daniel Meyers 1748 book Angenehmer Und Ntzlicher Zeit Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender, Fliegender Und Schwimmender, Auf Dem Land Und Im Wasser Sich Befindender Und Nhrender Thiere. In English, thats A pleasant and useful pastime, with the contemplation of curious ideas about all sorts of crawling, flying, and swimming animals, living and feeding on land and in