Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 VAM This hand-stitched Edwardian paper dress

This hand-stitched Edwardian paper dress is based on an English evening gown by Lucile from 1913

25 inches wide

This hand-stitched dress in based on a gown from the Austrian House of Drécoll

Spring 1883)

Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 VAM This hand-stitched Edwardian paper dressThis hand stitched black and gold dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Japanese chiyogami paper in gold on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100%