Dress #081.2: Edwardian dress in black with brown belt. Catalogue How about consoling yourself with

How about consoling yourself with one of my stitched paper green turtles

'The history of fashion in France

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Beaded tassels shake and shimmy in these little gems of original boudoir art

hand-stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper

Dress #081.2: Edwardian dress in black with brown belt. Catalogue How about consoling yourself withThis hand stitched dress in based on a gown from the Austrian House of Drcoll, created around 1912 1913. The bodice is made from two layers of tissue, in black and off white, over a camisole cut from gold and white floral Japanese chiyogami paper. The draping skirt, with its pointed train epitomizing the highest style of the time, is cut from black Nepalese paper. Stitched lines highlight the lines and folds of the dress. The original dress is held by