Garden Snail in Deep Pink Polar bear with pale blue Mizutama watermark

with pale blue Mizutama watermark tissue laid over a pale shimmering green to imitate the silk of the original dress

I layered Japanese mizutama watermark tissue in dark rose over a shimmering lilac paper

held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 700-1864)

the dress design is from Lord & Taylor's 'Dresses and Bonnets and Ribbons' (1870)

Garden Snail in Deep Pink Polar bear with pale blue Mizutama watermarkI found this delightful garden snail in 'The Naturalists' Miscellany, Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects, Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature,' published in London in 1789. Show your love for snails with one cut from paper and hand embroidered, ready to frame and hang on your wall. The snail is 4 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