Dress #045: Victorian dress in blues Raccoon Materials: Japanese paper and cotton

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Philadelphia

Hand embroidered lines imitate the folds of the skirt

Based on a 1774 illustration of Bos Bison (American Bison) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

held by LACMA (accession M

Dress #045: Victorian dress in blues Raccoon Materials: Japanese paper and cottonThis hand stitched Victorian paper dress is made from Japanese paper embellished with glass beads; shiny blue rayon fibres embedded in the surface of the darker paper provide a contrast to the lush feathered texture of the paler blue. It was the severe lines that attracted me to this dress, as it differs from the swags of fabric often found all over Victorian bustle dresses (although I love those, too). This was the first time I layered my papers,