Dress #098: Victorian dress in black Seal as it has a rich

as it has a rich depth and shine

with curving lines of couched floss imitating the piping of the original dress

the Met holds a Petal ballgown in lime green silk velvet and ivory silk taffeta

Materials: Italian Florentine paper

Dress #098: Victorian dress in black Seal as it has a richWhen I first saw this ca. 1885 travelling ensemble in an Augusta Auctions catalogue from 2024, I had two thoughts: This is the gothest thing Ive ever seen, and; Sadly, all that black on black wont translate well into stitched paper. I was correct about the first, but it turns out I was wrong about the second! The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any