Dress #102: Regency day dress in yellow Polar bear created around 1912-1913

created around 1912-1913

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession C

Glass beads stand in for the buttons that run down each side of the bodice

This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American evening dress from ca

This hand-stitched dress in based on a gown from the Austrian House of Drécoll

Dress #102: Regency day dress in yellow Polar bear created around 1912-1913This hand stitched paper dress is based on Philadelphia Museum of Art accession 1996 164 1, an English silk brocade day dress from ca. 1820. This was a transitional time period for womens clothing, as waists dropped and sleeves and skirts filled out. The original dress is made from a yellow silk brocade imported from India. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right