Dress #050: Edwardian evening gown in silver and white. 2018 Met stitched by hand on 5x7

stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

Based on a dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly: vol 2

Antient and Modern

Glass beads decorate the skirt as well as the left shoulder

and glass beads stand in for the buttons decorating the spencer jacket

Dress #050: Edwardian evening gown in silver and white. 2018 Met stitched by hand on 5x7This Edwardian dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper in a silver floral motif on white, overlaid with Japanese Mizutama watermark tissue and accented with silver; It is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper. It is based on an English dress from 1909, by Pickett of Saville Row, London, and is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 33 1960). The dress was worn by a debutante, Miss Heather Firbank of Mayfair, London, likely