Dress #101: 17th century gown in green and gold

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a rare, surviving late 17^th century formal gown, possibly Italian, offered for sale by Cora Ginsburg in 2002. The original is made from a brocaded moiré silk with pink, gold, and silver; I’ve replicated the metallic stomacher with a layer of gold tissue stitched with gold thread.

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, Philippine tissue paper, metallic thread and cotton floss on cotton paper; 24.5 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8")