Dress #028: Victorian dress in peach and lime. 2015 Handbag Japanese chiyogami paper in gold

Japanese chiyogami paper in gold diamonds on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads

Materials: Nepalese paper

This darling little dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in green bamboo and pink and white flowers on a blue background

and is considered by the Met to be the ‘only American to work in the true couture tradition’

Dress #028: Victorian dress in peach and lime. 2015 Handbag Japanese chiyogami paper in goldBased on a dress from Dresses and Bonnets and Ribbons. New York: Lord & Taylor, 1870. 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 your wall. Materials: Chiyogami and cotton floss on cotton paper