Dress #059: Victorian dress in blue and cream 1920s and 1930s dress all for only $7

all for only $7

Based on an 1811 illustration of The Great Anteater from ‘The Natural History of Quadrupeds

Including the Characteristics

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

so it’s suspected that Wilhelm misidentified the little gastropod

Dress #059: Victorian dress in blue and cream 1920s and 1930s dress all for only $7This hand stitched Victorian paper gown is based on an American mourning dress from 1872 1874. Though the original dress is black, it always looked blue to me in the photographs, so that is the colour Ive chosen here. The body of the dress is made from a Japanese paper embedded with strands of shiny rayon fibres, while the trim is an Italian paper. The fringes are simulated with Mizutama watermark tissue; glass beads stand in for the buttons on the