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Dress #056: 1940s cocktail dress in black and gold Whale The dress is made from

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The dress is made from Korean hanji tissue laid over solid hanji

One of the funniest things about old natural history illustrations are the number of animals that were obviously drawn from descriptions

with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original

Based on an 1883 illustration of The Flamingo from ’Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders

This hand-stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American mourning dress from 1872-1874

Dress #056: 1940s cocktail dress in black and gold Whale The dress is made fromThis hand stitched black and gold paper dress is based on a cocktail dress designed by British born American designer Charles James in 1949. It is made from black chiyogami (Japanese) paper that is accented with a pattern of gold twigs. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 200). Charles

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