Dress #102: Regency day dress in yellow Snail known through the marriage of

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I chose shimmering green paper

Based on a 1774 illustration of Rhinoceros Unicornus (Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

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whether it's the flat funnel shape of the Tudor and Georgian periods

Dress #102: Regency day dress in yellow Snail known through the marriage ofThis hand stitched paper dress is based on Philadelphia Museum of Art accession 1996 164 1, an English silk brocade day dress from ca. 1820. This was a transitional time period for womens clothing, as waists dropped and sleeves and skirts filled out. The original dress is made from a yellow silk brocade imported from India. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right