Harpy in Mauve & Gold Shoes and boots This hand-stitched paper dress is

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a cocktail dress created by Charles James in 1949

while skirts had expanded into large bell shapes

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

It is based on an English dress from 1912

Though the original dress is black

Harpy in Mauve & Gold Shoes and boots This hand-stitched paper dress isThis slightly terrifying, yet also adorable harpy is based on an illustration from John Jonstons Natural History of Birds, the sixth volume of his epic Natural history of the quadrupeds published between 1650 and 1652. She is 3. 25 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 lokta & Japanese