Hedgehog in Pink Flowers on Buff Met The original dress is held

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress is cut from rich cream paper and embellished with ivory-coloured glass beads

the style popular throughout the Victorian era

The style was a stark contrast to the heavily structured and corseted fashions of the time

Beaded tassels shake and shimmy in these little gems of original boudoir art

Hedgehog in Pink Flowers on Buff Met The original dress is heldThe only reason I dont have a pet hedgehog is because then Id have to keep mealworms around, andick! Luckily, my stitched paper hedgies dont need to be fed, so they are much less maintenance than a real one. They are covered in a gazillion wee stitched spikes, and have little glass bead eyes. Based on a 1774 illustration of Erinaceus europaeus (European, or Common Hedgehog) from Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur. The hedgehog is 4. 25