Conical black morel in purple & gold Costume dress Materials: Japanese paper and cotton

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Hand-embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress

the original illustration for this ‘Polupus’ is from Conrad Gessner’s ‘Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum’

as it was in very poor condition

The chanterelles are based on an illustration from the 1911 The Americana

Conical black morel in purple & gold Costume dress Materials: Japanese paper and cottonThis conical black morel is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper, and is based on an illustration from Le Larousse Pour Tous; Nouveau Dictionnaire Encyclopedique (1909 1910). The mushroom is 4. 75 inches tall, 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 and cotton floss on cotton paper.