Jackalope in Pale Blue & Silver Shirtwaists sweaters and jackets The body of the dress

The body of the dress is made from Kiku gold Japanese paper overlaid with Seikaiha watermark tissue

The capybara is 4

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1973

The dress is six inches tall

a 1952-53 dress designed by Charles James

Jackalope in Pale Blue & Silver Shirtwaists sweaters and jackets The body of the dressOne 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