Sweater in Blue Filigree Corset Based on an 1804 illustration

Based on an 1804 illustration of Ursus Maritimus / L’Ours Polaire from ‘La Ménagerie Du Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle Ou Description Et Histoire Des Animaux Qui Y Vivent Et Qui Y Ont Vécu’

over a camisole cut from gold and white floral Japanese chiyogami paper

I've always loved the look of a corset

This pink and white Elizabethan dress is made from Japanese paper embellished with glass beads and metallic thread

Sweater in Blue Filigree Corset Based on an 1804 illustrationEvery time I see leg o' mutton sleeves, I think of Anne Shirley and her longing for puffed sleeves. This sweater is based on a golf jersey design from the 1898 Spencer, Turner and Boldero, Ltd. Catalog. Can an you imagine playing golf in a corset and giant sleeves? The sweater is 3. 75 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