Rabbit in Purple & Gold Catalogue from the May 1923 issue

from the May 1923 issue of 'Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme'

This is no ordinary dragon

Materials: Chiyogami and other Japanese papers

To recreate the look of the lace tiers of the skirt

My little paper darlings are based on a 1792 illustration from Bewick’s ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’

Rabbit in Purple & Gold Catalogue from the May 1923 issueBased on an 1857 illustration of the Lepus trowbridgii, or Brush Rabbit, from Bairds Mammals of North America: The description of species based chiefly on the collections in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. The rabbit is 4. 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 on your wall. Materials: Nepalese paper, glass