Dress #006: Robe à la française in periwinkle and pale purple. 2014 Burlesque in an art deco-inspired gold

in an art deco-inspired gold pattern on black

So many old hippo drawings just looked all wrong

is held by the Museum at FIT (accession 71

and is based on an American dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly' (vol

as shown in the February 1910 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme

Dress #006: Robe à la française in periwinkle and pale purple. 2014 Burlesque in an art deco-inspired goldBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 60 1934, an English gown from the 1760s. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 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: Chiyogami, Japanese tissue, and cotton floss on cotton paper