Dress #123 Regency dress in ‘Clarence blue’ Capybara I’ve used a shimmering brown

I’ve used a shimmering brown decorative paper to stand in for the brown silk faille of the dress

based on a design from an 1888 Work Bros

This Edwardian dress is made from shimmering lilac Japanese chiyogami paper

Frame is not included

and fastened with a large

Dress #123 Regency dress in ‘Clarence blue’ Capybara I’ve used a shimmering brownThis hand stitched paper dress is based on an American dress from ca. 1818; the original is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2016. 181). The dress is in Clarence blue, named after the favourite colour of the Duchess of Clarence, who married the future King William IV in 1818. 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