Dress #084: 1920s dress in wine and gold LACMA and 9 yards of embroidery’

and 9 yards of embroidery’

This darling little dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in silver dots on a yellow background

This dainty French shoe

Accurately Coloured from Nature

This darling little dress is made from Nepalese paper

Dress #084: 1920s dress in wine and gold LACMA and 9 yards of embroidery’This hand stitched paper 1920s dress is made from wine and gold chiyogami (Japanese paper) chosen to echo the Bordeaux wool of the original The design is based on an afternoon dress from Berthe Hermance, as shown in the December 1926 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 that