Dress #050.3: Edwardian evening gown in lilac and silver 1920s and 1930s dress This hand-stitched paper dress from

This hand-stitched paper dress from the early 1920s is constructed of shimmering wine Japanese paper

stitched by hand by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

The handbag is 3

in Two Volumes’

is made from Ajisai Japanese paper

Dress #050.3: Edwardian evening gown in lilac and silver 1920s and 1930s dress This hand-stitched paper dress fromThis Edwardian dress is made from shimmering lilac Japanese paper, overlaid with Korean tissue and accented with silver; It is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper. It is based on an English dress from 1909, by Pickett of Saville Row, London, and is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 33 1960). The dress was worn by a debutante, Miss Heather Firbank of Mayfair, London, likely during her first Society Season. The Victoria and