Dress #042: Victorian dress in wine. 2015 PMA overlaid with Japanese Mizutama watermark

overlaid with Japanese Mizutama watermark tissue and accented with silver

from the May 1923 issue of 'Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme'

The sleeveless

it is hand stitched in cotton floss onto cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

Dress #042: Victorian dress in wine. 2015 PMA overlaid with Japanese Mizutama watermarkBased on a dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly: vol 2, no. 1 Spring 1883. Philadelphia, Penn: Strawbridge and Clothier, 1883. The dress is six 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, glass beads, sequins, silk ribbon, and cotton floss on cotton paper