Dress #021.2: Queen Elizabeth I gown in blue and gold: rear view. 2017 Corset Based on an American dress

Based on an American dress from the Wexler & Abraham [Wechsler & Abraham] department store in Brooklyn

Frances Cashel Hoey

The dress is made from Korean hanji tissue laid over solid hanji

So many old hippo drawings just looked all wrong

a drape of fabric would allow a flash of the slip to peek through when the wearer was in motion

Dress #021.2: Queen Elizabeth I gown in blue and gold: rear view. 2017 Corset Based on an American dressBased on a variety of Elizabethan dresses and film costumes. 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: Chiyogami, Japanese tissue, glass beads, metallic thread, and cotton floss on cotton paper