Dress #019: 18th century gown in green. 2014 Edwardian dress 75 inches tall

75 inches tall

This hand-stitched wine-red paper dress is based on a cocktail dress designed by British-born American designer Charles James in 1950

Celadon stitches stand in for the embroidered trim

so it’s suspected that Wilhelm misidentified the little gastropod

The catalogue describes it as an “Embroidered French Gingham Dress Pattern

Dress #019: 18th century gown in green. 2014 Edwardian dress 75 inches tallBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession 759 1907, an English gown from 1775 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