Embellished with Numerous Plates
It is made from black chiyogami (Japanese) paper that is accented with a pattern of gold twigs
overlaid with Korean tissue and accented with silver
and is considered by the Met to be the ‘only American to work in the true couture tradition’
stitched by hand on 8x10 inch watercolour paper
Dress #027: Victorian dress in purples. 2015 Met Embellished with Numerous PlatesBased on a dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly: vol 2, no. 1 Spring 1883. Philadelphia, Penn: Strawbridge and Clothier, 1883. 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, Japanese tissue, other paper, and cotton floss on cotton paper