Vampire Bat in Purple Costume as shown in the February

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

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is constructed with a filigree-patterned chiyogami

created around 1912-1913

Vampire Bat in Purple Costume as shown in the FebruaryIf you look closely, you'll see that this ferocious little vampire bat has teeny tiny stitched fangs. It is based on an 1811 illustration of the Vampire Bat from The Natural History of Quadrupeds, and Cetaceous Animals: : from the Works of the Best Authors, Antient and Modern, Embellished with Numerous Plates, Accurately Coloured from Nature; in Two Volumes. The bat is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper,