Winged & four-legged dragon in greens and gold Seal This hand-stitched paper dress is

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a ca

This hand-stitched paper afternoon suit is made from a pearly yellow Japanese paper accented with blue trim and yellow beads

The original dress is made from ribbed ‘Ottoman’ fabric

Three narrow tiers of ruffles decorate the bottom of the dress

Winged & four-legged dragon in greens and gold Seal This hand-stitched paper dress isThis is no ordinary dragon; it is based on an illustration described (in Latin) thusly: This is that winged and four legged dragon, memorable to all ages, which Deodatus de Gozon, a knight of Jerusalem, cut down on the island of Rhodes by the stratagem we have described, and who, because of the beneficence bestowed on the island, was afterwards created a great master of the order. The book I found it in, by Athanasius Kircher and dating from 1678, has