Dress #080: Robe a la française in pale blue. 2019 Shirtwaists sweaters and jackets This hand-stitched paper 1920s dress

This hand-stitched paper 1920s dress is made from silvered blue tissue layered over blue and white filigree chiyogami (Japanese paper)

This bewhiskered beaver is made from orange and gold Nepalese paper and features a gold glass bead eye

stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny glass beads

This stomach is based on an 1889 illustration titled ‘Inside of the stomach

I have continued to collect them

Dress #080: Robe a la française in pale blue. 2019 Shirtwaists sweaters and jackets This hand-stitched paper 1920s dressBased on LACMA accession M. 2007. 211. 929a d, an English dress from ca. 1765. 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, glass beads, and cotton floss on cotton paper