Skull in blue, white & silver filigree Shirtwaists sweaters and jackets the dress design is from

the dress design is from Lord & Taylor's 'Dresses and Bonnets and Ribbons' (1870)

and I can picture Lady Mary wearing a dress just like this one

By the 1820s colour was coming into fashion again

Based on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T

Skull in blue, white & silver filigree Shirtwaists sweaters and jackets the dress design is fromThis skull features twenty one little metallic teeth, each cut out separately and stitched. It is based on an 1885 illustration of The Skull from the Womans Christian Temperance Unions Hygiene for Young People The skull is 5 inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on