Dress #013: Robe à la française in black and white: back view. 2014 Vampire bat a British dress from 1834-1836

a British dress from 1834-1836

but I think I'd enjoy wearing this dress as I wander the city

overlaid with Japanese tissue and accented with silver

a British evening dress from about 1810

from Baird’s ‘Mammals of North America: The description of species based chiefly on the collections in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution’

Dress #013: Robe à la française in black and white: back view. 2014 Vampire bat a British dress from 1834-1836Based on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 332 1985, a French gown from 1775 1780. 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 and cotton floss on cotton paper