Dress #118: Charles James ballgown in pale blue and blue-green Snail hand embroidered lines imitate the

hand embroidered lines imitate the folds of the skirt

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

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

glass beads form the shoulder straps

Based on an 1881 illustration of the Male moose from ‘The Antelope and Deer of America: A Comprehensive Treatise Upon the Natural History

Dress #118: Charles James ballgown in pale blue and blue-green Snail hand embroidered lines imitate theThis hand stitched paper dress is based on a ballgown created by Charles James between 1950 1952; the original is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession C. I. 65. 36. 1). For this ballgown, James took inspiration from the late nineteenth century with swags of pale blue silk satin gathered at the front and back over a blue green silk taffeta underskirt, forming a miniature bustle. Charles James is considered by the Met to be the only