Dress #071.7: 1920s dress in black and gold Catalogue an English gown from 1775-1780

an English gown from 1775-1780

The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A-1891)

This corset is based on a design from the 1877 catalogue of New York store O

a British dress from 1834-1836

The shoe is 3

Dress #071.7: 1920s dress in black and gold Catalogue an English gown from 1775-1780This 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. Nepalese paper, in an art deco inspired gold pattern on black, stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100%