Monstrous Seahorse in Silver & Black Hedgehog to echo the original French

to echo the original French silk

the dress also includes a tassel hanging from a trio of beads

Materials: Chiyogami and cotton floss on cotton paper

This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American evening dress from ca

Monstrous Seahorse in Silver & Black Hedgehog to echo the original FrenchYou 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