Dress #032: Robe à la française in pale green flowers 18th century dress hand-stitched by hand on 8x10

hand-stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper

The belted dress features short sleeves

glass beads

and I looked through my entire collection to find the perfect shape to make these paper teacups and saucers

It is based on an 1811 illustration of the Vampire Bat from ‘The Natural History of Quadrupeds

Dress #032: Robe à la française in pale green flowers 18th century dress hand-stitched by hand on 8x10The dress is made from chiyogami (Japanese paper), and is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The design is based on an English gown from the 1760s, held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 60 1934); the style is known as a robe la franaise. 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