Dress #050.3: Edwardian evening gown in lilac and silver 1920s and 1930s dress with rayon floss adding shine

with rayon floss adding shine to the strands of beads

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

Materials: Korean and Japanese papers

is made from Ajisai Japanese paper

in Two Volumes’

Dress #050.3: Edwardian evening gown in lilac and silver 1920s and 1930s dress with rayon floss adding shineThis Edwardian dress is made from shimmering lilac Japanese paper, overlaid with Korean tissue and accented with silver; It is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper. It is based on an English dress from 1909, by Pickett of Saville Row, London, and is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 33 1960). The dress was worn by a debutante, Miss Heather Firbank of Mayfair, London, likely during her first Society Season. The Victoria and