Winged & four-legged dragon in greens and gold Hearts This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown

This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American mourning dress from 1872-1874

The body of the dress is made from a Japanese paper embedded with strands of shiny rayon fibres

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a ballgown created by Charles James between 1950-1952

I’m sure Betty Draper would have coveted his creations during the early seasons of Mad Men

Japanese chiyogami paper in gold diamonds on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads

Winged & four-legged dragon in greens and gold Hearts This hand-stitched Victorian paper gownThis is no ordinary dragon; it is based on an illustration described (in Latin) thusly: This is that winged and four legged dragon, memorable to all ages, which Deodatus de Gozon, a knight of Jerusalem, cut down on the island of Rhodes by the stratagem we have described, and who, because of the beneficence bestowed on the island, was afterwards created a great master of the order. The book I found it in, by Athanasius Kircher and dating from 1678, has