Dress #008: Robe à la française in gold and turquoise: front view. 2014 Penguin Glass beads decorate the skirt

Glass beads decorate the skirt as well as the left shoulder

so that is the colour I’ve chosen here

It is based on an evening dress by Monge

Spring 1883)

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton

Dress #008: Robe à la française in gold and turquoise: front view. 2014 Penguin Glass beads decorate the skirtBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 163 1964, a French gown from the 1770s. 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: Chiyogami, Japanese tissue, and cotton floss on cotton paper