Victorian Handbag in Blue Roses Victorian dress and renaissance styles favoured by

and renaissance styles favoured by the pre-Raphaelites

This hand-stitched men’s outfit is based on Simplicity sewing pattern 5656 from 1973

Based on a 1774 illustration of Rhinoceros Unicornus (Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

as it differs from the swags of fabric often found all over Victorian bustle dresses (although I love those

silk ribbon

Victorian Handbag in Blue Roses Victorian dress and renaissance styles favoured byThis handbag is based on a design from the 1898 spring and summer catalogue of H. ONeill & Co. of New York. The handbag is 3. 25 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 size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper, glass bead, and cotton floss on cotton paper.