Dress #037: Regency dress in green filigree. 2015 Penguin Glass beads stand in for

Glass beads stand in for the pearl and rhinestone embellishments

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1989

This hand-stitched paper 1920s dress is made from wine and gold chiyogami (Japanese paper) chosen to echo the Bordeaux wool of the original The design is based on an afternoon dress from Berthe Hermance

a British dress from 1834-1836

at the time he was working with neoclassical silhouettes designed for a slim

Dress #037: Regency dress in green filigree. 2015 Penguin Glass beads stand in forBased on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1980. 145. 1a,b, a British visiting dress from ca. 1822. 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 your wall. Materials: Chiyogami, glass beads, and cotton floss on cotton paper