Dress #050.2: Edwardian evening gown in lilac and silver. 2018 Book Based on Metropolitan Museum of

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1980

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

and is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

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Dress #050.2: Edwardian evening gown in lilac and silver. 2018 Book Based on Metropolitan Museum ofThis Edwardian dress is made from shimmering lilac Japanese chiyogami paper, overlaid with Japanese 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. Miss