Dress #060.2: Victorian dress in silvered wine. 2017 Beaver held by the Metropolitan Museum

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1971

The dress is made from Korean hanji tissue laid over solid hanji

Though the original dress is black

It is made from chiyogami Japanese paper

my stitched paper hedgies don’t need to be fed

Dress #060.2: Victorian dress in silvered wine. 2017 Beaver held by the Metropolitan MuseumThis hand stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American dress from ca. 1887. Glass beads stand in for the buttons that run down each side of the bodice, and lacing holds the front together. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1989. 246. 3). The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on