Jackalope in Pink Flowers & Silver Rhinoceros The original dress is held

The original dress is held by the Kyoto Costume Institute (accession AC1000 78-30-14)

with a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting’

that brings to mind twining snakes

that’s ‘A pleasant and useful pastime

This hand-stitched Edwardian evening dress is made from Japanese paper

Jackalope in Pink Flowers & Silver Rhinoceros The original dress is heldOne of the first things I ever embroidered was an image of two horned rabbits from Johann Daniel Meyers 1752 Representations of all kinds of animals with their skeletons. It was the illustration I came back to when I decided to stitch some paper jackalopes. These little creatures are 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