Teacup stack in pale purple & lime green KCI The original is made from

The original is made from laurel green moiré silk

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1989

& Rivington

The piece is based on an American dress from the early 1880s

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on an English day dress from 1835-1840

Teacup stack in pale purple & lime green KCI The original is made fromMy mother, aunt, and Nana all had large collections of mismatched teacups, and the tradition continued with Nana giving me my first teacups when I was a little girl. I have continued to collect them, and this stack comes from my china cabinet. The teacups are a smidge over 3 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that they will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your