Parasol in Flowers on Black Mid-century dress This hand-stitched black and gold

This hand-stitched black and gold paper dress is based on a cocktail dress designed by British-born American designer Charles James in 1949

Lines remained strongly vertical

The dress is made from Nepalese paper in a mulberry shade

1951 book ‘Practice and science of standard barbering

Parasol in Flowers on Black Mid-century dress This hand-stitched black and goldThis parasol is based on a design from Bloomingdale Bros. summer 1890 catalogue The parasol is 4 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 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: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper.