Dress #079: 1920s dress in wine and silver. 2016

Based on Hillwood Museum accession 48.45, an evening dress by ‘Thurn’ of New York and Paris from 1920-1925.

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 paper and cotton floss on cotton paper