Dress #101: 17th century gown in green and gold 1970s man the only decorative elements here

the only decorative elements here are smocked blue bands inset into the cuffs

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The dress is made from chiyogami (Japanese paper)

overlaid with Korean tissue and accented with silver

Dress #101: 17th century gown in green and gold 1970s man the only decorative elements hereThis hand stitched paper dress is based on a rare, surviving late 17th century formal gown, possibly Italian, offered for sale by Cora Ginsburg in 2002. The original is made from a brocaded moir silk with pink, gold, and silver; Ive replicated the metallic stomacher with a layer of gold tissue stitched with gold thread. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into