Monstrous Seahorse in Silver & Black PMA though it looks quite peculiar

though it looks quite peculiar when one is not on the horse

the circular hole forms the waist

Materials: Japanese and Nepalese papers and cotton floss on cotton paper

coming together in an oversized bow at the front of the dress

This hand-stitched blue Regency dress

Monstrous Seahorse in Silver & Black PMA though it looks quite peculiarYou are probably looking at this creature and thinking, Judith, thats clearly a Hippocampus, and you would be correct! But the book I found it in called it Equus marinus monstrosus, which translates as Monstrous seahorse. And who can resist a name like that? The book is the delightfully named Monstrorum historia, or History of Monsters, by Ulisse Aldrovandi; it dates from 1642. My monstrous seahorse is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch