Dress #054: Edwardian dress in mulberry. 2016 Snail What’s more Canadian than a

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This hand-stitched dress is made from shimmering pale yellow Japanese paper

Materials: Italian paper

This hand-stitched black and gold paper dress is based on a cocktail dress designed by British-born American designer Charles James in 1949

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1980

Dress #054: Edwardian dress in mulberry. 2016 Snail What’s more Canadian than aThis hand stitched Edwardian paper gown is based on a dress from ca. 1911. The dress is made from Japanese paper in a berry shade, with a silver bodice and an overlay of seikaiha watermark tissue to imitate the sheer layer of silk tulle on the original. A tassel topped by a glass bead hangs from the bottom of the overdress. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original