Dress #038: Early Victorian dress in red & cream flowers cream. 2015 Pinup dress This darling little pinup dress

This darling little pinup dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned ingold and silver starburst flowers on a lime green background

The shimmering combination of subtle colours evokes the silk chine and silk voile of the original dress

This darling little pinup dress is made from Korean hanji paper patterned in red strawberries and white flowers on a bright blue background

stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercoloour paper

The original dress is held by the Kyoto Costume Institute (accession AC1000 78-30-14)

Dress #038: Early Victorian dress in red & cream flowers cream. 2015 Pinup dress This darling little pinup dressBased on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession C. I. 61. 29, a British dress from 1834 1836. 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: Italian paper and cotton floss on cotton paper