Hippopotamus in Grey Capybara made of black silk-rayon velvet

made of black silk-rayon velvet and white silk satin

who married the future King William IV in 1818

The shape of the dress is reinforced with stiff buckram facing and boning in the both the bodice and skirt

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

Ancient and Modern

Hippopotamus in Grey Capybara made of black silk-rayon velvetOne of my favourite things about old natural history illustrations are the number of animals that were obviously drawn from descriptions, by artists who had never seen the real thing. So many old hippo drawings just looked all wrong, with little tiny heads! I finally found a happy hippo with a properly gigantic head in the 1895 book Brehm's Life of Animals: A Complete Natural History for Popular Home Instruction and for the Use of Schools. The