Ostrich in blue, teal, and gold Burlesque Charles James uses spiral draping

Charles James uses spiral draping to wrap a ‘metacircle’ around a narrow underskirt

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summer 1890 catalogue

Hand-embroidered lines imitate the folds of the dress

Ostrich in blue, teal, and gold Burlesque Charles James uses spiral drapingThis ostrich is based on an illustration from Johann Daniel Meyers 1748 book Angenehmer Und Ntzlicher Zeit Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender, Fliegender Und Schwimmender, Auf Dem Land Und Im Wasser Sich Befindender Und Nhrender Thiere. In English, thats A pleasant and useful pastime, with the contemplation of curious ideas about all sorts of crawling, flying, and swimming animals, living and feeding on land and in