Dress #017: 18th century gown in blue with navy, yellow, and pink. 2014 Anteater It is based on an

It is based on an American dress from the early 1880s

The body of the dress is made from a Japanese paper embedded with strands of shiny rayon fibres

This handbag is based on a design from the fall and winter 1902-1903 catalogue of Chicago’s Chas

as it differs from the swags of fabric often found all over Victorian bustle dresses (although I love those

Like many dresses of the time period

Dress #017: 18th century gown in blue with navy, yellow, and pink. 2014 Anteater It is based on anBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 391 1970, an English gown from ca. 1780. 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 and cotton floss on cotton paper