Dress #099: 1830s dress in laurel green Costume dress and are based on an

and are based on an illustration from the 1911 The Americana

Japanese chiyogami paper in silver filigree on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny silver and black glass beads

one of the first synthetic dyes

The dress is hand stitched on cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

acrylic rhinestone

Dress #099: 1830s dress in laurel green Costume dress and are based on anIts hard to resist a giant sleeve, whether its the leg o mutton or gigot sleeves of the late 1900s or the 1830s type featured here, known as la Medicis and lAmadis. This design is based on an American dinner or evening dress from 1831 1835, offered for sale by Cora Ginsburg in 2017. The original is made from laurel green moir silk, with a striped waistband and large gold and amber buckle. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch