Winged & four-legged dragon in red and silver filigree harpy The shimmering combination of subtle

The shimmering combination of subtle colours evokes the silk chine and silk voile of the original dress

a knight of Jerusalem

and the most beautiful Thai kozo paper for silk satin top

The piece is based on a British dress and spencer jacket from ca

and the sheer black silk over the shoulders

Winged & four-legged dragon in red and silver filigree harpy The shimmering combination of subtleThis is no ordinary dragon; it is based on an illustration described (in Latin) thusly: This is that winged and four legged dragon, memorable to all ages, which Deodatus de Gozon, a knight of Jerusalem, cut down on the island of Rhodes by the stratagem we have described, and who, because of the beneficence bestowed on the island, was afterwards created a great master of the order. The book I found it in, by Athanasius Kircher and dating from 1678, has