Dress #085: Edwardian afternoon dress in blue Shoes and boots Lines remained strongly vertical

Lines remained strongly vertical

of Massachusetts and is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

Spring 1883)

The design is based on an afternoon dress from the Cauet Soeurs

held by the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession T

Dress #085: Edwardian afternoon dress in blue Shoes and boots Lines remained strongly verticalThis hand stitched paper Edwardian dress is made from blue Japanese paper with shimmering pearly white paper standing in for the lace of the original. The design is based on an afternoon dress from Redfern, as shown in the February 1910 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in