Dress #071.6: 1920s dress in black and gold Mid-century dress other paper

other paper

If you look closely

is cut from black Nepalese paper

Materials: Japanese and Nepalese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Dress #071.6: 1920s dress in black and gold Mid-century dress other paperThis 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%