Jackalope in Turquoise & Gold LACMA and silk floss on cotton

and silk floss on cotton paper

The original dress is held by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (accession 1936-23-2)

as shown in the April 1914 issue of ‘Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme’

and Capacity for Domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America’

the Victoria and Albert Museum holds over a hundred pieces from Miss Firbank’s wardrobe

Jackalope in Turquoise & Gold LACMA and silk floss on cottonOne of the first things I ever embroidered was an image of two horned rabbits from Johann Daniel Meyers 1752 Representations of all kinds of animals with their skeletons. It was the illustration I came back to when I decided to stitch some paper jackalopes. These little creatures are 3. 25 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