Dress #008: Robe à la française in gold and turquoise: front view. 2014 Penguin Materials: Japanese paper and cotton

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton

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and the sheer black silk over the shoulders

ivory-coloured glass beads decorate the bodice and a gold sequin stands in for a brooch

Spring 1883)

Dress #008: Robe à la française in gold and turquoise: front view. 2014 Penguin Materials: Japanese paper and cottonBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 163 1964, a French gown from the 1770s. 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, and cotton floss on cotton paper