Dress #014: Robe à la française in black and white: front view. 2014 1920s and 1930s dress Hand-embroidered lines imitate the folds

Hand-embroidered lines imitate the folds of the dress

and the sheer black silk over the shoulders

stitched by hand on 100% cotton water  colour paper

Based on an 1811 illustration of The Great Anteater from ‘The Natural History of Quadrupeds

Metallic blue tissue stands in for the beadworked panels of the original

Dress #014: Robe à la française in black and white: front view. 2014 1920s and 1930s dress Hand-embroidered lines imitate the foldsBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 332 1985, a French 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