Swan in simmering white Beaver This chubby black morel is

This chubby black morel is hand stitched on cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

1 Spring 1883

Hand embroidered lines imitate the folds of the skirt

The original boot

Materials: Japanese & Korean papers

Swan in simmering white Beaver This chubby black morel isThis swan is based on an illustration of Der Schwan from Johann Daniel Meyers 1748 book Angenehmer Und Ntzlicher Zeit Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender, Fliegender Und Schwimmender, Auf Dem Land Und Im Wasser Sich Befindender Und Nhrender Thiere. In English, thats A pleasant and useful pastime, with the contemplation of curious ideas about all sorts of crawling, flying, and swimming animals, living and feeding on