Skull in gold dots on purple Mid-century dress held by the McCord Museum

held by the McCord Museum (accession M982

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

with couched stitches and glass beads decorating the neckline and the bottom of the tabard

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on an English evening dress from ca

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession C

Skull in gold dots on purple Mid-century dress held by the McCord MuseumThis skull features twenty one little metallic teeth, each cut out separately and stitched. It is based on an 1885 illustration of The Skull from the Womans Christian Temperance Unions Hygiene for Young People The skull is 5 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: Japanese paper and cotton floss on