Bison in purple & pale yellow Rhinoceros with tiny shell shapes standing

with tiny shell shapes standing in for the applique along the bottom of the dress

Materials: Japanese & Korean papers

an English gown from the 1760s

and London

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1989

Bison in purple & pale yellow Rhinoceros with tiny shell shapes standingBased on a 1774 illustration of Bos Bison (American Bison) from Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur. The bison is 4. 25 inches wide, 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 hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper, glass bead, and cotton floss on cotton paper.