Ostrich in copper and brown mouse Based on a 1754 illustration

Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from ‘The Natural History of Carolina

the Met holds a Petal ballgown in lime green silk velvet and ivory silk taffeta

Tiny ovals have been cut out of the collar in imitation of the Elizabethan styling of the jacket

This hand-stitched blue Regency dress

Stevens & Bros

Ostrich in copper and brown mouse Based on a 1754 illustrationThis 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