Khari Hill Goat in Purple with Gold Spots Raccoon stitched by hand on 5x7

stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

This hand-stitched paper 1920s dress is made from silvered blue tissue layered over blue and white filigree chiyogami (Japanese paper)

in blue-grey silk

I found this delightful garden snail in 'The Naturalists' Miscellany

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1989

Khari Hill Goat in Purple with Gold Spots Raccoon stitched by hand on 5x7This little goat is based on an an illustration of Bouc de Nepaul from Frederic Cuvier & E. Geoffroy Saint Hilaires 1824 Histoire Naturelle Des Mammiferes : Avec Des Figures Originales, Coloriees, Dessinees D'apresdes Animaux Vivans. Bouc de Nepaul, or Nepalese goat, is also referred to as the Khari or Hill goat. The goat is 3. 25 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any