Dress #077: 1920s dress in black and bronze. 2016 Burlesque multi-coloured fibres forming a decorative

multi-coloured fibres forming a decorative pattern on the surface of this paper

Materials: Italian paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1981

My little paper darlings are based on a 1792 illustration from Bewick’s ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’

Dress #077: 1920s dress in black and bronze. 2016 Burlesque multi-coloured fibres forming a decorativeThis hand stitched black and bronze gown is based on a French evening dress by the Callot Soeurs of Paris, from ca. 1925. The four Callot sisters opened their first salon in Paris, creating blouses and lingerie. By the 1920s they had stores in Nice, Biarritz, Buenos Aires, and London, and were known for simple lines, lavish embroidery, and oriental influences. Rich black Nepalese paper is trimmed with bronze Japanese paper and accented with glass