Dress #032: Robe à la française in pale green flowers 18th century dress This hand-stitched paper gown in

This hand-stitched paper gown in the ‘artistic’ or ‘aesthetic’ style is based on an English dress designed for Liberty & Co

hand-stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper

or Common Hedgehog) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

glass beads

overlaid with Korean tissue and accented with silver

Dress #032: Robe à la française in pale green flowers 18th century dress This hand-stitched paper gown inThe dress is made from chiyogami (Japanese paper), and is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The design is based on an English gown from the 1760s, held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 60 1934); the style is known as a robe la franaise. 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