Dress #058: Early Victorian day dress in brown. 2018 Brains to imitate the silk

to imitate the silk

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I think this dress would look perfect on Betty Draper (or on your wall

Phryne Fisher or Daisy Buchanan would have loved dancing the Charleston in this little dress

but also as Golden Chanterelles

Dress #058: Early Victorian day dress in brown. 2018 Brains to imitate the silkThis hand stitched early Victorian paper gown is based on an American day dress from ca. 1838. The body of the dress is made from Kin Sunago Japanese paper in brown with flecks of gold and silver, overlaid with Koume watermark tissue; ivory coloured glass beads decorate the bodice and a gold sequin stands in for a brooch. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original