Platypus in Purple Pansies VAM Three narrow tiers of ruffles

Three narrow tiers of ruffles decorate the bottom of the dress

Based on an 1857 illustration of the ‘Lepus trowbridgii’

overlaid with Japanese Mizutama watermark tissue and accented with silver

It is based on an 1885 illustration of ‘The Skull’ from the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s ‘Hygiene for Young People’

Platypus in Purple Pansies VAM Three narrow tiers of rufflesSome animals are more trouble than others; its taken me years to get a platypus design that I was happy with. This is based on an illustration from Richard Lydekker & Philip Lutley Sclaters The Royal Natural History from 1893. The platypus is 4. 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 on your wall. Materials: Nepalese