1890s boot in brown & pink Victorian dress This hand-stitched green paper dress

This hand-stitched green paper dress is based on the ‘Petal’ cocktail dress designed by British-born American designer Charles James in 1951

For that reason (and also

a British day dress from 1885

with a pearly silver bodice and an overlay of tissue to imitate the sheer layer of silk tulle on the original

1890s boot in brown & pink Victorian dress This hand-stitched green paper dressThese tall button boots are from a late Victorian design sold by Jack Jacobus Ltd. in Great Britain. The original boot, dating from 1895 1900, is held by the Museum at FIT (accession 71. 202. 16). The boot is 4 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper, glass beads, and cotton floss on