Dress #099: 1830s dress in laurel green

It’s hard to resist a giant sleeve, whether it’s the leg o’ mutton or gigot sleeves of the late 1900s or the 1830s type featured here, known as à la Medicis and à l’Amadis. This design is based on an American dinner or evening dress from 1831-1835, offered for sale by Cora Ginsburg in 2017. The original is made from laurel green moiré silk, with a striped waistband and large gold and amber buckle.

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: Japanese papers, glass beads, and cotton floss on cotton paper; 24.5 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8")