Dress #023: Victorian dress in purple, black, and white. 2015 Vampire bat By the 1820s colour was

By the 1820s colour was coming into fashion again

with a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting’

and hand stitched on cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

Based on Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 2009

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

Dress #023: Victorian dress in purple, black, and white. 2015 Vampire bat By the 1820s colour wasBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 7 1926, a British day dress from 1885. 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