Winged & Four-legged Dragon in Blues Chanterelles It is based on an

It is based on an 1811 illustration of the Vampire Bat from ‘The Natural History of Quadrupeds

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the dress was featured in the February 1929 issue of ‘Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme’

Hand-embroidered lines imitate the folds of the dress

The dress is made from a Japanese paper in blush

Winged & Four-legged Dragon in Blues Chanterelles It is based on anThis 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