Dress #060.2: Victorian dress in silvered wine. 2017 Beaver and London

and London

stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

The dress is made from Korean hanji tissue laid over solid hanji

I layered Japanese mizutama watermark tissue in dark rose over a shimmering lilac paper

Though the original dress is black

Dress #060.2: Victorian dress in silvered wine. 2017 Beaver and LondonThis hand stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American dress from ca. 1887. Glass beads stand in for the buttons that run down each side of the bodice, and lacing holds the front together. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1989. 246. 3). The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on