Winged Dragon in Lilac Pinup dress Lines remained strongly vertical

Lines remained strongly vertical

This darling little pinup dress is made from Tibetan lokta paper in a golden fish pattern on a bright blue background

and appeared in his book 'Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet' in 1906

is made from Ajisai Japanese paper

The fringes are simulated with Mizutama watermark tissue

Winged Dragon in Lilac Pinup dress Lines remained strongly verticalThis legless winged dragon is from a 1742 book by Charles Owen, titled An Essay towards a Natural History of Serpents: In Two Parts. It is further subtitled Illustrated with Copper Plates, Engraved by the Best Hands: The Whole Intermixd with Variety of Entertaining Digressions, Philosophical and Historical. The dragon is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any