Dress #099: 1830s dress in laurel green Mid-century dress It was surprisingly difficult to

It was surprisingly difficult to find a historic illustration of a raccoon that looked right

a British dress from 1834-1836

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

on and around the body” (Long

the original is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 26

Dress #099: 1830s dress in laurel green Mid-century dress It was surprisingly difficult toIts hard to resist a giant sleeve, whether its the leg o mutton or gigot sleeves of the late 1900s or the 1830s type featured here, known as la Medicis and lAmadis. This design is based on an American dinner or evening dress from 1831 1835, offered for sale by Cora Ginsburg in 2017. The original is made from laurel green moir silk, with a striped waistband and large gold and amber buckle. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch