Dress #089: 1920s dress in blue and silver Snail Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton

Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A-1891)

Stitched lines highlight the lines and folds of the dress

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1981

as shown in the November 1908 issue of 'Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme'

Dress #089: 1920s dress in blue and silver Snail Materials: Nepalese paper and cottonThis hand stitched paper 1920s dress is made from silvered blue tissue layered over blue and white filigree chiyogami (Japanese paper), in imitation of the scarf like fabric of the original; glass beads form the shoulder straps. The design is based on a dress by Amy Linker, from the May 1923 issue of 'Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme'. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper, which