I’ve chosen a Nepalese Lokta paper for the black velvet portions
and is considered by the Met to be the ‘only American to work in the true couture tradition’
This corset is based on a design from the 1893-1984 fall and winter catalogue of Boston store Jordan
Based on an 1804 illustration of Ursus Maritimus / L’Ours Polaire from ‘La Ménagerie Du Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle Ou Description Et Histoire Des Animaux Qui Y Vivent Et Qui Y Ont Vécu’
embellished with glass beads
Stomach & duodenum in geometric blue Skulls I’ve chosen a Nepalese LoktaThis stomach is based on an 1889 illustration titled Inside of the stomach, front view, showing the folds (or rugae) of the mucous membrane from Roger Sherman Tracys The Outlines of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene. Being an Edition of The Essentials of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene, Rev. to Conform to the Legislation Making the Effects of Alcohol and Other Narcotics upon the Human System a Mandatory Study in Public Schools. The stomach and