False Chanterelle in Blue Morning Glories Catalogue Materials: Japanese and Nepalese paper

Materials: Japanese and Nepalese paper

Japanese tissue stands in for both the lace overlay on the bust

after the abundance of whites in the earlier part of the Regency/Empire era

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on the ‘Balloon’ at-home dress in black silk faille

False Chanterelle in Blue Morning Glories Catalogue Materials: Japanese and Nepalese paperThese chanterelles are identified as poisonous 'Cantharellus aurantiacus' (aka the False Chanterelle), but also as Golden Chanterelles, which are not poisonous. Will these kill you? Who knows? Every mushroom is technically edible. Once. The chanterelles are based on an illustration from the 1911 The Americana; a Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World. The