Hawksbill Turtle in Gold & Purple Elephant 25 inches wide

25 inches wide

This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress is made from pale pink Japanese paper

Ancient and Modern

Marsh & Co

hand-stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper

Hawksbill Turtle in Gold & Purple Elephant 25 inches wideHawksbill turtles are very serious creatures. They like to pontificate, and can often be found lecturing nests of younger turtles. Or older turtles. Any turtles, really. They are the professors of the turtle world. Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. The turtle is 4. 5 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which