Dress #071.7: 1920s dress in black and gold Catalogue of London ca

of London ca

an English gown from 1775-1780

– in such a creation

The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A-1891)

Dress #071.7: 1920s dress in black and gold Catalogue of London caThis hand stitched black and gold dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Nepalese paper, in an art deco inspired gold pattern on black, stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100%