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The original dress is held by the Museum at FIT (accession 91
Metallic blue tissue stands in for the beadworked panels of the original
The piece is based on an American dress from ca
Materials: Japanese paper and tissue
Dress #061: Regency dress in blue. 2018 Parasol The original dress is heldThis hand stitched blue Regency dress, straight out of a Jane Austen novel, is made from a shimmery Japanese paper, overlaid with Koume watermark tissue, and accented with glass beads. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress, with tiny shell shapes standing in for the applique along the bottom of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The piece is based on a British dress and spencer jacket from ca.
