Sweater in Silver Dots on Purple Giraffe stands in for black cotton

stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny glass beads

The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A-1891)

Japanese paper

the original illustration for this ‘Polupus’ is from Conrad Gessner’s ‘Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum’

The original dress is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

Sweater in Silver Dots on Purple Giraffe stands in for black cottonEvery time I see leg o' mutton sleeves, I think of Anne Shirley and her longing for puffed sleeves. This sweater is based on a golf jersey design from the 1898 Spencer, Turner and Boldero, Ltd. Catalog. Can an you imagine playing golf in a corset and giant sleeves? The sweater is 3. 75 inches wide, 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