Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 VAM The body of the dress

The body of the dress is made from Kin Sunago Japanese paper in brown with flecks of gold and silver

Glass beads stand in for the buttons that run down each side of the bodice

overlaid with Koume watermark tissue

This hand-stitched Edwardian paper dress is based on an English evening gown by Lucile from 1913

was manufactured by A

Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 VAM The body of the dressThis hand stitched black and gold dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Japanese chiyogami paper in gold on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100%