Humpback Whale in Gold on Royal Blue KCI This darling little pinup dress

This darling little pinup dress is made from Tibetan lokta paper in a golden fish pattern on a bright blue background

patterned in pink stripes and flowers

This version used a Nepalese lokta paper with subtle shimmer

It was made from block and roller-printed cotton in a paisley design influenced by the Kashmiri shawls imported by the colonial East Indian Company

The catalogue describes it as an “Embroidered French Gingham Dress Pattern

Humpback Whale in Gold on Royal Blue KCI This darling little pinup dressBased on a 1903 illustration of the Hump Backed Whale (Megaptera boops) from British mammals; an attempt to describe and illustrate the mammalian fauna of the British islands from the commencement of the Pleistocene period down to the present day. The whale is 4. 75 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.