Monstrous Seahorse in Pink, White, and Silver Costume dress Stitched lines highlight the lines

Stitched lines highlight the lines and folds of the dress

The penguin is 4

held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

Like many dresses of the time period

This version used a Nepalese lokta paper with subtle shimmer

Monstrous Seahorse in Pink, White, and Silver Costume dress Stitched lines highlight the linesYou are probably looking at this creature and thinking, Judith, thats clearly a Hippocampus, and you would be correct! But the book I found it in called it Equus marinus monstrosus, which translates as Monstrous seahorse. And who can resist a name like that? The book is the delightfully named Monstrorum historia, or History of Monsters, by Ulisse Aldrovandi; it dates from 1642. My monstrous seahorse is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch