Hawksbill Turtle in pink & red pansies bestiary Japanese tissue

Japanese tissue

made of bottle-green wool with velvet lapels

Based on an afternoon dress from Cauet Soeurs

as shown in the February 1910 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme

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Hawksbill Turtle in pink & red pansies bestiary Japanese tissueHawksbill turtles are very serious creatures. They like to pontificate, and can often be found lecturing nests of younger turtles. Or older turtles. Any turtles, really. They are the professors of the turtle world. Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. The turtle is 4. 5 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which