Dress #061: Regency dress in blue. 2018 Mid-century dress Based on Metropolitan Museum of

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1980

after the abundance of whites in the earlier part of the Regency/Empire era

and can often be found lecturing nests of younger turtles

and green stripes

Based on a 1774 illustration of Dasypus tricinctus (Brazilian three-banded armadillo)’ from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

Dress #061: Regency dress in blue. 2018 Mid-century dress Based on Metropolitan Museum ofThis hand stitched blue Regency dress, straight out of a Jane Austen novel, is made from a shimmery Japanese paper, overlaid with Koume watermark tissue, and accented with glass beads. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress, with tiny shell shapes standing in for the applique along the bottom of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The piece is based on a British dress and spencer jacket from ca.