Teacup stack in pale purple & lime green KCI Metallic blue tissue stands in

Metallic blue tissue stands in for the beadworked panels of the original

this version in pinks is held by the Museum at FIT (accession P77

The style was a stark contrast to the heavily structured and corseted fashions of the time

The jacket is 4 inches tall

Teacup stack in pale purple & lime green KCI Metallic blue tissue stands inMy mother, aunt, and Nana all had large collections of mismatched teacups, and the tradition continued with Nana giving me my first teacups when I was a little girl. I have continued to collect them, and this stack comes from my china cabinet. The teacups are a smidge over 3 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that they will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your